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2011 Event - American innovator, businessman, co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56

2008 Death - Martin Peake, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act, dies

2006 Death - Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

2005 Death - Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman

2005 Death - Wellington Mara, American Businessman

2005 Death - John H. Johnson, American Businessman

2005 Death - John T. Walton, American Businessman

2005 Death - Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman

2005 Death - Frank Perdue, American Businessman

2005 Death - John DeLorean, American Businessman

2005 Death - Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman

2004 Death - Gordon Cooper, astronaut/businessman, dies at 77

2004 Death - Marvin Davis, American Businessman

2004 Death - J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman

2004 Death - Joe Gold, American Businessman

2004 Death - Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

2003 Death - Rand Brooks, actor/businessman, 'Gone With the Wind', dies at 84

2003 Death - Mark McCormack, American Businessman

2003 Death - Thomas Leonard, American Businessman

2003 Death - Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman

2002 Death - W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

2002 Death - Jay Chiat, American Businessman

2002 Death - Lawrence Tierney, actor/businessman, Dillinger, dies at 81

2002 Death - Stanley Marcus, American Businessman

2002 Death - Dave Thomas, commercial icon/businessman, founded Wendy's, dies at 69

2001 Death - Cliff Hillegass, businessman, invented Cliffs Notes, dies at 83

2001 Death - William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman

2000 Death - Gus Hall, American Businessman

2000 Death - Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman

1999 Death - Pete Conrad, "astronaut, businessman", third man to walk on the moon, dies at 69

1999 Death - "Forrest Mars, Sr", businessman, Mars candy, dies at 95

1999 Death - Dave Longaberger, businessman, Basket company entrprenuer, dies at 64

1999 Death - Jules Lederer, businessman, Budget Rent-A-Car, dies at 81

1998 Death - Gene Autry, actor/singing cowboy/businessman, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, dies at 91

1998 Death - Gabe Paul, American Businessman

1997 Death - Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman

1997 Death - John Richard Patterson, businessman, dies at 51

1997 Death - George Armin Goyder, businessman and social philosopher, dies at 88

1997 Death - Harry B. Helmsley, businessman, Helmsley hotels, dies at 88

1996 Death - Jack Perry, businessman, dies at 81

1996 Death - Matthew Harding, businessman/football supporter, dies at 42

1996 Death - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman, dies at 79

1996 Death - James Gulliver, businessman, dies at 66

1996 Death - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman, dies at 67

1996 Death - George Brian Snape, businessman/rugby league entrepreneur, dies at 81

1996 Death - James Whitman McLamore, businessman, dies at 70

1996 Death - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman, dies at 87

1996 Death - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector, dies at 71

1996 Death - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician, dies at 73

1996 Death - Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman, dies at 79

1996 Death - Quinton Hazell, businessman, dies at 76

1996 Death - Tertius Metcalf, businessman, dies at 63

1996 Death - David Schine, businessman, dies at 70

1996 Death - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44

1996 Death - Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman, dies at 35

1996 Death - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist, dies at 63

1996 Death - James Rouse, American Businessman

1996 Death - Ryoei Saito, businessman, dies at 79

1996 Death - David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman, dies at 83

1996 Death - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman, dies at 84

1996 Death - John Adrian Hope, politician/businessman, dies at 83

1995 Death - Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman, dies at 85

1995 Death - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday

1995 Death - Max Fernandez, businessman/politician, dies at 52

1995 Death - Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman, dies at 59

1995 Death - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas, dies at 93

1995 Death - Joseph Fattorini, businessman, dies at 82

1995 Death - Douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58

1995 Death - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman, dies at 74

1995 Death - Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman

1995 Death - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman, dies at 61

1995 Death - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman, dies at 88

1995 Death - Edward Bernays, Businessman

1995 Death - John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman, dies at 91

1995 Death - Joseph Kagan, businessman, dies at 79

1994 Death - John van Damme, businessman, hanged in Singapore at 59

1994 Event - Mexican businessman and billionaire Angel Losada kidnap

1994 Death - Sammy Taft, Canadian businessman (coined term "hat trick"), dies at 81

1993 Event - Singer Karen Akers (48) weds businessman Kevin Powers (41)

1993 Death - Antoine Izmery, Haitian businessman/advisor to President Aristide, murdered

1992 Death - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79

1992 Death - Arthur Lang, U.S. boxer/businessman, dies at 115

1991 Death - Jac de Jong, Dutch MP/composer/businessman (Nedac-Sorbo), dies

1990 Death - William S. Paley, American Businessman

1990 Death - Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman

1989 Death - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman

1988 Death - Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman

1988 Death - Reinder Zwolsman, Dutch businessman, dies at 75

1986 Event - Singer Diana Ross marries Norwegian businessman Arne Naess in Switzerland

1985 Event - Milwaukee businessman Herb Kohl purchases the Milwaukee Bucks

1984 Death - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/CEO (Club Rome), dies at 75

1982 Death - Neil Bogart, American Businessman

1981 Death - Walter Knott, American Businessman

1981 Death - Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman

1981 Death - Frank Lane, American Businessman

1980 Death - James S. McDonnell, American Businessman

1979 Death - Walter Legge, British Businessman

1977 Event - Amsterdam businessman M Caransa kidnapped

1977 Death - Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician, dies at 78

1977 Birthday - Nat Friedman, American Businessman

1976 Death - J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

1975 Death - Aristotle Onassis, Greek Businessman

1974 Death - Oskar Schindler, Businessman

1974 Death - Arthur K Watson, U.S. businessman (IBM), dies at 55

1973 Birthday - Drew Curtis, American Businessman

1972 Birthday - Bo Bennett, American Businessman

1971 Death - Leo Burnett, American Businessman

1971 Birthday - Marc Andreessen, American Businessman

1971 Birthday - Alex Chiu, American Businessman

1970 Death - Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

1969 Death - Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman

1969 Death - Charles Edison, American Businessman

1966 Birthday - Jimmy Wales, American Businessman

1966 Birthday - Joichi Ito, Japanese Businessman

1966 Death - Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman

1965 Death - Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

1965 Birthday - Jeff Zucker, American Businessman

1965 Birthday - Michael Dell, born in Houston, Texas, businessman, founder of Dell, Inc., philanthropist, named 'Inc.' magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, worth over $12 billion

1964 Death - William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman

1963 Death - Eric Johnston, American Businessman

1963 Birthday - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian Businessman

1963 Event - 3 New Jersey businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to New Jersey Meadowlands (Devils)

1962 Death - Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1962 Death - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman, dies at 74

1962 Birthday - Rob Glaser, American Businessman

1961 Death - Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman

1961 Death - Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman

1961 Birthday - Robert Edwin Hall, mountaineer/businessman

1960 Birthday - Charlie Bell, Australian Businessman

1960 Death - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1959 Birthday - Brian Roberts, American Businessman

1958 Birthday - Hilary Rosen, American Businessman

1958 Birthday - Mark Cuban, American Businessman

1957 Birthday - Russell Simmons, American Businessman

1956 Death - Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman

1956 Birthday - Steve Ballmer, American Businessman

1955 Birthday - Thomas Leonard, American Businessman

1955 Birthday - Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy'

1955 Birthday - Al-Waleed bin Talal, born in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, member of the Saudi Royal Family, businessman

1955 Birthday - Jim Cramer, American Businessman

1955 Birthday - Neil Bush, American Businessman

1954 Birthday - Scott McNealy, American Businessman

1954 Birthday - Carly Fiorina, American Businessman

1953 Birthday - Matthew Harding, businessman/soccer supporter

1953 Death - George Herbert Walker, American Businessman

1953 Birthday - Rick Wagoner, American Businessman

1952 Birthday - Clayton Christensen, American Businessman

1952 Birthday - Philip Green, born in Croyden, England, businessman, owns large retail stores including Arcadia Group, 9th richest person in Britain, worth over $4 billion

1952 Birthday - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner

1951 Birthday - John Doerr, American Businessman

1950 Death - Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

1949 Birthday - Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman

1949 Birthday - Bernard Arnault, French Businessman

1949 Birthday - Franklin Raines, American Businessman

1948 Birthday - Les Moonves, American Businessman

1947 Birthday - Steve Forbes, American Businessman

1946 Birthday - Andrew Gould, Businessman

1946 Birthday - John T. Walton, American Businessman

1946 Birthday - Pete Coors, American Businessman

1946 Birthday - John Astor, born in Britain, 3rd Baron Astor of Hever, businessman, Conservative Party, House of Lords, Shadow Minister of Defense

1945 Birthday - Erskine Bowles, American Businessman

1945 Birthday - Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman

1945 Birthday - John Richard Patterson, businessman

1945 Birthday - Donald Graham, U.S. businessman

1944 Birthday - Steve Crocker, American Businessman

1944 Birthday - Conrad Black, British Businessman

1944 Birthday - Larry Ellison, American Businessman

1944 Birthday - Rene Rivkin, Australian Businessman

1944 Birthday - Peter Lynch, American Businessman

1943 Birthday - Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman

1943 Birthday - David Geffen, American Businessman

1943 Birthday - Neil Bogart, American Businessman

1943 Birthday - Jim Barksdale, American Businessman

1942 Birthday - Jim Rogers, American Businessman

1942 Birthday - John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman

1942 Birthday - Kenneth Lay, American Businessman

1942 Birthday - Lou Gerstner, American Businessman

1942 Birthday - Louis Gerstner, American Businessman

1941 Birthday - Brian Lamb, American Businessman

1941 Birthday - Bernard Ebbers, Canadian Businessman

1941 Birthday - Phil Condit, American Businessman

1941 Birthday - James P. Hoffa, American Businessman

1941 Death - Josiah Stamp, British Businessman

1941 Death - Tom Mann, British Businessman

1940 Death - Jesse Livermore, American Businessman

1940 Birthday - Roger Ailes, American Businessman

1940 Birthday - James Blyth, born in Britain, businessman, head of defense sales for Ministry of Defense, chairman, London Business School, CEO, The Boots Company

1939 Birthday - Peter Camejo, American Businessman

1939 Birthday - Phil Spector, American Businessman

1939 Death - Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman

1938 Birthday - Bob Rubin, American Businessman

1938 Birthday - Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman

1938 Birthday - Lee R. Raymond, American Businessman

1938 Birthday - Philip Knight, American Businessman

1938 Birthday - Phil Knight, American Businessman

1937 Birthday - Kerry Packer, Australian Businessman

1937 Death - Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

1937 Death - John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

1937 Birthday - Christopher Tugendhat, born in England, born Christopher Samuel Tugendhat, Baron Tugendhat of Widdington in the County of Essex, politician, Conservative Party, journalist, author, businessman

1936 Birthday - Andy Grove, Hungarian Businessman

1936 Birthday - Douglas John Gorman, businessman

1935 Birthday - Robert Crandall, American Businessman

1935 Birthday - Jack Welch, American Businessman

1935 Birthday - Ariston Muguranayanga Chambati, politician/businessman

1935 Birthday - Adnan Khashoggi, Saudi businessman/billionaire/arms dealer

1935 Birthday - Trevor Chinn, born in England, businessman, CEO, Lex Garages, entrepreneur, philanthropist, President, the Joint Israel Appeal

1935 Birthday - Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977

1934 Birthday - John J. Sweeney, American Businessman

1933 Birthday - James Wolfensohn, Australian Businessman

1933 Death - Texas Guinan, American Businessman

1933 Birthday - Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008

1933 Death - James Loeb, American Businessman

1933 Birthday - Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman

1932 Birthday - Tertius Metcalf, businessman

1932 Birthday - Stephen Covey, American Businessman

1932 Birthday - William Wilkinson, businessman/conservationist

1932 Birthday - Roberto Goizueta, Cuban Businessman

1932 Birthday - Richard Scaife, American Businessman

1932 Birthday - Clive Davis, American Businessman

1932 Death - Samuel Rutherford, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms, dies of a heart attack in Washington, D.C.

1932 Death - Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman

1931 Birthday - Allen Klein, American Businessman

1931 Birthday - Ian Skipper, English businessman/multi-millionaire, Heritage Projects

1931 Birthday - Drew Lewis, American Businessman

1931 Birthday - Jay Chiat, American Businessman

1931 Death - Dwight Morrow, American Businessman

1931 Death - Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman

1931 Birthday - Herb Kelleher, American Businessman

1931 Birthday - Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology

1930 Birthday - Mark McCormack, American Businessman

1930 Birthday - Warren Buffett, American Businessman

1930 Birthday - James Gulliver, businessman

1930 Birthday - George Soros, Hungarian Businessman

1930 Birthday - Ross Perot, American Businessman

1929 Birthday - Berry Gordy, American Businessman

1929 Birthday - Joseph Jackson, American Businessman

1929 Birthday - Maurice Strong, Canadian Businessman

1929 Birthday - Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian Businessman

1929 Birthday - Gordon Moore, American Businessman

1928 Birthday - Edward Greenall, businessman/sportsman

1928 Death - Arnold Rothstein, A R, U.S. businessman/gambler, shot to death at 46

1928 Birthday - Li Ka Shing, Chinese Businessman

1928 Birthday - T. Boone Pickens, American Businessman

1927 Birthday - David Schine, businessman

1926 Birthday - Arthur Rock, American Businessman

1926 Birthday - Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman

1926 Birthday - Martin Peake, born in England, 2nd Viscount Ingleby, businessman, nobleman, son of Osbert Peake, paralyzed from polio, contributed to the 1970 Disabled Persons Act

1926 Birthday - James Whitman McLamore, businessman

1926 Birthday - Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life'

1926 Birthday - Ken Olsen, American Businessman

1925 Birthday - Peter Ludwig, businessman/art collector

1925 Birthday - Len Jagger, English businessman/multi-millionaire

1925 Birthday - James E. Burke, American Businessman

1925 Birthday - Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords

1925 Birthday - John DeLorean, American Businessman

1924 Birthday - Lee Iacocca, American Businessman

1924 Birthday - Allen Neuharth, American Businessman

1923 Birthday - Sumner Redstone, American Businessman

1922 Death - George Cadbury, American Businessman

1922 Birthday - David Lancaster Nicolson, businessman/politician

1922 Birthday - David Nicolson, businessman/politician

1922 Birthday - Joe Gold, American Businessman

1921 Death - George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

1921 Birthday - Gianni Agnelli, Italian Businessman

1920 Birthday - Quinton Hazell, businessman

1920 Birthday - Hugh Dundas, fighter pilot/businessman

1920 Birthday - Frank Perdue, American Businessman

1919 Birthday - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman

1919 Death - Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman

1918 Event - NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn

1918 Birthday - John H. Johnson, American Businessman

1917 Birthday - Ronald John Bilsland Colville, businessman

1917 Birthday - Leonard Chess, Polish Businessman

1916 Birthday - Eladio Rusconi, writer/publisher/businessman

1916 Birthday - Leo Horn, Dutch soccer referee/columnist/businessman

1916 Birthday - Wellington Mara, American Businessman

1916 Death - James J. Hill, American Businessman

1916 Birthday - Ryoei Saito, businessman

1915 Event - Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Georgia after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life

1915 Birthday - Joseph Kagan, businessman

1915 Birthday - David Rockefeller, American Businessman

1915 Birthday - Jack Perry, businessman

1915 Birthday - George Brian Snape, businessman and rugby league entrepreneur

1914 Death - Richard W. Sears, American Businessman

1914 Birthday - James Rouse, American Businessman

1913 Birthday - Joseph Peter Grace, businessman

1913 Birthday - William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman

1913 Death - Henry Flagler, American Businessman

1913 Birthday - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder, Sports funds

1912 Birthday - Joseph Fattorini, businessman

1912 Birthday - David Packard, electronic engineer and businessman

1912 Birthday - John Adrian Hope, politician and businessman

1911 Death - Louis Pincoffs, businessman/Dutch politician 1st-Chamber, dies

1911 Birthday - Kenneth Robinson, politician/businessman

1910 Birthday - Gus Hall, American Businessman

1910 Death - Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74

1910 Birthday - Harold Watkinson, politician/businessman

1910 Birthday - Gabe Paul, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Peter Drucker, American Businessman

1909 Death - Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Shawn Fanning, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Guy Kawasaki, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Howard Schultz, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Andrew Heyward, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Mitch Kapor, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Lee Scott, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Richard Grasso, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Terry Semel, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - James R. Bath, American Businessman

1909 Birthday - Guido Alberti, literary patron/businessman

1909 Birthday - Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish Businessman

1908 Birthday - Harry Oppenheimer, South African Businessman

1908 Birthday - Aurelio Peccei, Italian businessman/chairman, Club of Rome

1908 Birthday - George Armin Goyder, businessman/social philosopher

1908 Birthday - Oskar Schindler, born in Svitavy, Moravia, Businessman

1907 Birthday - Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party

1907 Birthday - Anthony Standerwick Heal, businessman

1906 Birthday - Alec Issigonis, Turkish Businessman

1906 Death - Richard Tangye, British Businessman

1906 Birthday - Walter Legge, British Businessman

1905 Birthday - Abraham Zapruder, Ukrainian Businessman

1905 Birthday - Stanley Marcus, American Businessman

1905 Death - Jay Cooke, American Businessman

1903 Birthday - John Everett Allen, U.S. businessman

1903 Birthday - Marvin Bower, American Businessman

1903 Birthday - Fairfax Cone, American Businessman

1902 Birthday - W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

1901 Birthday - William S. Paley, American Businessman

1901 Birthday - John Erik Jonsson, businessman/Mayor of Dallas

1899 Birthday - Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman

1899 Birthday - James S. McDonnell, American Businessman

1898 Birthday - Sidney van den Bergh, Dutch businessman/politician

1897 Birthday - Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman

1896 Birthday - Eric Johnston, American Businessman

1896 Birthday - Frank Lane, American Businessman

1896 Birthday - Abram N Pritzker, U.S. businessman, Hyatt Hotels, McCall's magazine

1894 Birthday - Konosuke Matsushita, Japanese Businessman

1893 Birthday - Harlow H. Curtice, Businessman

1892 Birthday - J. Paul Getty, American Businessman

1891 Birthday - Leo Burnett, American Businessman

1890 Birthday - Charles Edison, American Businessman

1890 Birthday - Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman

1889 Birthday - Walter Knott, American Businessman

1889 Birthday - H. L. Hunt, American Businessman, Texas oil multi-millionaire

1887 Birthday - J C Heldring, Dutch businessman

1885 Birthday - Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida

1884 Birthday - Texas Guinan, American Businessman

1882 Birthday - Henry J. Kaiser, American Businessman

1880 Birthday - Josiah Stamp, British Businessman

1879 Death - Daniel Drew, American Businessman

1879 Birthday - William Maxwell Aitken, Canadian Businessman

1878 Birthday - Joseph Schenck, Russian Businessman

1877 Death - Alvin Adams, American Businessman

1877 Birthday - Jesse Livermore, American Businessman

1877 Birthday - Arthur Lang, U.S., boxer/businessman, Died Aug 8, 1992 at 115

1876 Death - Titus Salt, English Businessman

1875 Birthday - George Herbert Walker, American Businessman

1875 Birthday - Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman

1874 Birthday - Owen D. Young, American Businessman

1874 Birthday - John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman

1873 Birthday - Dwight Morrow, American Businessman

1870 Birthday - Gustav Krupp, German Businessman

1870 Birthday - Samuel Rutherford, born in Culloden, Georgia, lawyer, politician, businessman, jurist, Mayor of Forsyth, Georgia, served in Georgia House of Representatives, elected to 69th U.S. Congress, served for four terms

1868 Birthday - Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman

1867 Birthday - James Loeb, American Businessman

1864 Death - George Pierce Doles, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 34

1863 Death - Paul Jones Semmes, U.S. businessman/Confederate Brigadier-General, dies at 48

1862 Birthday - Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman

1862 Birthday - Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman

1857 Birthday - Henry Clay Folger, Jr., U.S., businessman/Shakespeare fan

1856 Birthday - Tom Mann, British Businessman

1855 Birthday - Andrew Mellon, American Businessman

1850 Birthday - Thomas Lipton, Scottish Businessman

1848 Birthday - Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman

1845 Death - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer, dies at 76

1844 Birthday - Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman

1839 Birthday - George Cadbury, American Businessman

1838 Birthday - James J. Hill, American Businessman

1835 Birthday - Alexander E Agassiz, U.S., businessman/biologist/geology

1833 Birthday - Richard Tangye, British Businessman

1830 Birthday - Henry Flagler, American Businessman

1829 Birthday - George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

1821 Birthday - Jay Cooke, American Businessman

1817 Death - Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman

1812 Death - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German Businessman

1806 Death - Timothy Dexter, American Businessman

1804 Birthday - Alvin Adams, American Businessman

1803 Birthday - Titus Salt, English Businessman

1797 Birthday - Daniel Drew, American Businessman

1791 Death - Isaac Low, American Businessman

1778 Event - Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans businessman, creates "$" symbol

1775 Birthday - Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman

1769 Birthday - Samuel I Wiselius, Dutch lawyer/businessman/writer

1748 Birthday - Timothy Dexter, American Businessman

1735 Birthday - Isaac Low, American Businessman

1571 Event - Catholic Italian businessman Roberto Ridolfi leaves Enngeland













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