2004 After popularizing the PC in the '80s, IBM sells its PC business to a Chinese company
2000 Peter McWilliams, writer, Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do, dies at 49
1996 "How To Succeed in Business..." closes at R Rodgers New York City after 548 perf
1995 "How To Succeed in Business..." opens at R Rodgers New York City for 548 performances
1993 6th annual business person run held in Wall Street
1992 Braniff Airlines goes out of business
1992 "Small Family Business" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 48 performances
1992 "Small Family Business" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 48 performances
1991 Billy James, comedian/singer (Women at Play, Lusty Business), dies
1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business
1980 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official (Everybody's Business), dies at 90
1971 New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
1968 Susan Haskell, actress, Marty-One Life to Live, Strictly Business
1965 "How to Succeed in Business" closes at 46th St. New York City after 1415 performances
1964 Raphael Sbarge, actor, Risky Business, My Science Project, Werewolf
1962 Tom Cruise, Syracuse, actor, Risky Business, Jerry MaGuire, Rainman
1961 "How to Succeed in Business" opens at 46th St. New York City for 1415 performances
1958 John Gobau, Flem/Dutch actor (Death of Business Traveller), dies at 67
1953 U.S. Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
1953 U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
1951 Daniel Gerroll, London, actor, Big Business
1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. min of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55
1942 Capitol Record Co. opens for business
1940 Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor, How to Succeed in Business
1939 Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73
1939 George Bain, principal, London Business School
1936 [Aino] Elina Salo, born in Sipoo, Finland, actress, Hamlet Goes Business
1934 John Akers, business executive
1932 Kazuo Inamori, Japanese business executive, Kyocera Ceramics Co
1929 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch
1928 Peter Moore, Principal, London Business School
1924 Judy Garland, 2, billed as Baby Frances, show business debut
1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
1922 Helen Parrish, born in Columbus Georgia, actress, Hour Glass, Show Business
1919 Pope Benedictus XV states Roman Catholics political/business views
1915 Billie Holiday, born in Baltimore, singer, Aint Nobodys Business
1910 Lee Byung Chull, Korean industrialist/founder, Samsung Business
1908 Nigel M Balchin, [Mark Spade], English author, Business for Pleasure
1907 Norton Simon, business executive, Simon and Schuster
1906 Act of Algeciras drawn between Moroccan police and banking business
1905 "Variety," covering all phases of show business, 1st published
1900 National Negro Business League organizes (Boston)
1899 North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business
1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies
1896 Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-min Socialist Business
1892 Charles L Bass, actor, Business in White Slavery
1889 Oscar Ewing, U.S. government official, Everybody's Business
1885 Esther Dale, Beaufort, South Carolina, actress, Unfinished Business
1879 Theodore Limperg, business economist, substitute value
1872 Aaron Montgomery started his mail-order business
1867 Maggie L Walker, black business and civic leader
1861 U.S. president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states
1844 A Montgomery Ward, found mail-order business, Montgomery Ward
1829 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert
1826 Dutch Business Me gets monopoly on opium trade in Java/Madura
1824 New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
1784 1st U.S. seed business established by David Landreth, Philadelphia
1619 England and Netherlands signs treaty about business in the Indies
1594 Company of Distant established for business on East-Indies
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