Business

US Business Civil War - Present Time

By shannoncarr__

  • Bell Telephone Company is formed

  • Coca Cola Invented

    Coca Cola Invented

    Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton invents the Coca-Cola formula

  • Kodak Camera Appears on Market

  • Candy maker Milton Hershey sells his first milk chocolate bars

  • W.K. Kellogg creates Kellogg’s Corn Flakes.

  • Caleb Bradham invents Pepsi-Cola

  • Ford Motor Company founded

  • Warned Brothers show first film in Youngstown, Ohio

  • Assembly Line

  • NBC Is formed

    The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed, with General Electric a part owner.

  • Richard and Maurice McDonald open first McDonalds in Bernadio, CA

  • First Toyota car sold in US

  • Bank of America Launch First Credit Card

  • The first Wal-Mart store opens in Rogers, Arkansas

  • Children's Television Workshop broadcasts the first episode of Sesame Street

  • First Starbucks Opens

    First Starbucks Opens

  • Macintosh Computer

    Apple introduces the Macintosh computer, which includes such features as a mouse and graphical user interface.

  • Nike signs basketball great Michael Jordan to promote its shoes.

  • Jeff Bezos opens Amazon.com on the Internet, offering one million titles.

    Jeff Bezos opens Amazon.com on the Internet, offering one million titles.

  • Twin Towers Destroyed

    The destruction of the Twin Towers was follwed by The Iraq War which caused an economic recession within America and around the world, affecting the world-wide economy

  • Amazon.com posts its first profit, $5.1 million in the fourth quarter

  • Hurricane Katrina

    Hurricane Katrina Economic Impact
    August 23, 2005–August 30, 2005

  • Economic Recession