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1997 Masaru Ibuka, co-founder (Sony Corp), dies at 89
1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com 1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1995 Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86 1990 Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1989 Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip 1987 Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1987 United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1985 General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC 1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1982 WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1981 Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history 1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates 1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cubic Corp Golf Classic 1971 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp 1970 Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale California 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer 1969 Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp 1968 Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp 1965 Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1961 President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1961 John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp 1956 Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 1956 Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1946 Tod Brannan, Vice President, Logos Network Corp 1944 U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine 1944 U.S. 12nd Army corp occupies Sens 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp conquers Chartres 1944 U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux 1944 U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans 1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans 1944 U.S. 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes 1944 U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1944 U.S. V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin 1944 U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg 1942 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders 1942 General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov 1941 British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk 1937 DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1934 Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective 1933 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 Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1932 British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corp organized 1931 Richard Searby, deputy-chairman, News Corp Ltd-Australia 1928 Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged 1927 Michael Sandberg, British CEO, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp 1926 Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1926 Kenneth H Olsen, U.S., engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp 1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old 1924 Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp 1924 Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM 1923 U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day 1923 Laurence A. Tisch, born in New York City, CEO, Loews Corp 1919 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1915 Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1915 Zion Mule Corp forms 1913 John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp 1913 John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1911 Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) 1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1902 William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1901 U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan 1901 Pierpont Morgan forms U.S. Steel Corp 1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1882 New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1875 Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925 1826 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1825 Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp 1818 U.S. Medical Corp forms 1812 Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1735 John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp 1504 English guilds/corp goes under state control |
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