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Sam Walton was born in kingfisher Oklahoma -
After high school he went to university of Missouri -
He was an army captain and was stationed stateside because of a heart condition -
Sam Walton married Helen -
Losing his lease he opened a self-service Ben Franklin at Bentonville Arkansas -
opens the first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas -
Sam took Walmart public with an offer of 300,000 shares that traded over the counter the first offering -
Forbes magazine name Sam Walton as the richest man in America -
Walmart had sales of over one billion dollars and over three hundred stores across North America -
The first Sam's Club opened in Midwest City, Oklahoma. -
Walmart positioned as the nation's #1 retailer -
Opens first international store with Club Aurrera in Mexico City -
The cause of death was cancer -
He gave his company to his family -
Walmart made 100 billion sales