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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 1996 Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 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 1967 Roger Babson, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S., dies at age 91, in Lake Wales, Florida 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 1949 Walter Hyatt, born in America, musician, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business' 1946 Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1942 Tom Peters, born in Baltimore, Maryland, writer, author, speaker, consultant, business management practices expert, co-wrote, 'In Search of Excellence', believes the least amount of overhead business processes can produce empowering decision-makers within an entire company organization 1942 Capitol Record Co. opens for business 1940 James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company 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 1909 Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1908 Nigel M Balchin, Mark Spade, English author, Business for Pleasure 1907 Gene Gutche, born in Berlin, Germany, Romeo Maximillian Eugene Ludwig Gutsche, composer, studied business, economics, piano with Ferruccio Busoni, wrote neo-Romantic work, experimented with polytonality, microtones, serialism 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 1899 North Carolina Mutual opens doors for business 1897 Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert, dies 1896 Carl Romme, Dutch catholic foreman/KVP-Minister 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 1875 Roger Babson, born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, entrepreneur, business theorist, attended MIT, predicted Wall Street Crash of 1929, published Babson's Reports, oldest investment newsletter in U.S. 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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