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Sam Walton was born.
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University of Missouri
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Graduated in economics and became management trainee at JC Penny.
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Entered the military in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps
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Sam Walton married Helen Robson
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Left the army and took a franchise of Ben Franklin variety store.
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Walton and his brother had opened 16 variety stores in Arkansas, Missouri, and Kansas.
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First Wal-Mart was opened.
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The first Wal-Mart store was inaugurated in Rogers, Arkansas and was named the Wal-Mart Discount City store. The store was located at 719 West Walnut Street.
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The Walton family owned 24 stores, ringing up $12.7 million in sales
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"Mr. Sam" began to take Walmart national, proving his vision's widespread appeal.
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Wal-Mart shares began trading in the New York Stock Exchange.
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He had 800 stores.
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The first Supercenter opened in Washington, Missouri
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Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the then President George H. W. Bush; Inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame
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Sam Walton died suffering from multiple myeloma, a kind of blood cancer, in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Walmart celebrated its first $1 billion sales week.
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Walmart expanded into Canada with the purchase of 122 stores.
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Walmart opened its first stores in China.
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Walmart is today's largest company by revenue and the largest private employer in the world.
