Major Buisness Events in History

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  • First Newspaper

    First Newspaper
    1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)

  • First Hospital

    First Hospital
    The first united states hospital is put into place in Pennsylvania

  • First Post Office

    First Post Office
    The United States Post Office Department is established, signed into law by President George Washington.

  • Stock Exchange

    Stock Exchange
    The New York Stock Exchange is founded

  • Levi Strauss

    Levi Strauss
    Levi Strauss invents jeans which makes him rich and provides many people with tough clothing.

  • General Electric Company

    General Electric Company
    The General Electric Company is formed, merging the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company.

  • First Movie Theatre

    First Movie Theatre
    The first movie theatre in the United States opens in Los Angeles, California. It was known as the Electric Theatre.

  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    Henry Ford introduces the assembly line in his car building factory.

  • Carrier Engineering

    Carrier Engineering
    Carrier Engineering is founded, beginning the commercialization of air conditioning

  • First Supermarket

    First Supermarket
    The first U.S. supermarket, King Kullen, opens