2015 Event The Shanghai Composite Index, representing China's stock market, drops 8.5% over fears that the government will withdraw support that has kept stock prices high in the midst of economic slowdown; regulators deny that such a change will be made 2014 Event The U.S. stock market decreases sharply, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each sinking by about 2 percent 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange; its pre-IPO market valuation of almost $168 billion exceeds that of American e-commerce giant Amazon by over $17 billion 2014 Event Real estate website company Zillow will buy rival Trulia for $3.5 billion in stock; the company will dominate the market for online searches of real estate 2014 Event Apple and IBM join forces to develop apps for business users; the agreement will give Apple a greater share of the business market, which is increasingly catering to a mobile workforce; IBM will benefit from the software integration on its cloud computing platform 2014 Event Online travel reservation company Priceline has purchased online restaurant reservation company OpenTable, offering market expansion opportunities for both companies; Priceline paid $2.6 billion for the acquisition 2014 Event Tesla Motors announces that it will make hundreds of patents for its Model S electric cars open source; the company's founder, Elon Musk, seeks to encourage development of the electric car market 2014 Event U.S. telecom company Sprint is in talks to purchase T-Mobile U.S.; the combined company will be better able to compete against market leaders Verizon and AT&T 2014 Event The CEO of BlackBerry Ltd. will be refocusing its business on software and services in an effort to turn around the company; once a leader in the smartphone market, the company's products now account for less than 1% of global market share 2014 Event The Chinese and Russian state energy companies, Gazprom and CPNC, respectively, have entered a deal for Russia to supply China with natural gas; the deal provides a market for Russian gas as European countries seek to reduce their dependence due to Russia's actions 2014 Event eBay, Inc. will be introducing local, customized e-commerce sites and services throughout Latin America; the company will identify local demand in each market to provide targeted search results and offerings 2014 Event The markets show confidence in the U.S. economy as the stock market rises and the yield gap increases between two-year and 30-year Treasuries 2014 Event Electronics manufacturer Samsung is diversifying into the pharmaceutical industry; after besting Apple in the smartphone market, Samsung has now set a goal to become the leader in the growing biotechnology sector 2014 Event Greece returns to the bond market today with 5-year bonds at a coupon rate of 4.75 percent; international sales of 3 billion euros exceeded the nation's expectations 2014 Event Rising Asian demand for Champagne will represent increasing export growth, with Japan currently the fourth-largest export market after the U.K., the U.S. and Germany 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event In Japan, optimism for economic revival sparked Bank of Japan's stimulus plan, impacts Japan's stock market index; following its release, the Nikkei 225 hits its highest level in nearly five years 2013 Event The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, reveals that the EU is planning regulatory action to facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders 2012 Event The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century 2012 Event The American company Apple, Inc. announces it is worth over $600 billion dollars, making the technology company the largest in the world by market capitalization 2011 Event Health authorities begin slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with H5N1 is found at a poultry market in Hong Kong 2011 Event Tunisia's youth protest for several days over political grievances and social problems including the job market and purchase power 2010 Event The Leaf, one of the first mass market electric cars is launched by Nissan 2010 Event Sony takes its original cassette Walkman off the market 2010 Event The U.S. Senate investigates Goldman Sachs, finding that they made billions of dollars at the expense of clients during the housing market collapse 2010 Event A suicide bomber kills 20 people at a market in Afghanistan's Oruzgan Province 2009 Event Nearly 100 people are killed by a runaway truck at a market in Kogi State, Nigeria 1994 Death Mark Alexander Abrams, market Researcher, dies at 88 1993 Event Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Death John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1992 Event Target date for Europe's single market 1991 Event Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles) 1990 Event Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1989 Event Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market 1989 Event Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market 1987 Event Turkey asks to join European market 1986 Event Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market 1982 Event Streetcars stop running on Market St. after 122 years of service 1979 Event IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1979 Event European Market accepts Greece as member 1978 Event European market and China signs trade agreement 1978 Event Velcro was 1st put on the market 1978 Event Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated 1977 Event Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee 1975 Event British voters decide to remain in Common Market 1975 Event British population agrees to European Common Market membership 1975 Event Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 1974 Event 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121 1974 Event Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens 1973 Event CARICOM - Caribbean Community and Common Market, forms 1973 Event Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market 1972 Event Danish population votes for European Common Market membership 1972 Event Norway rejects membership in European Common Market 1972 Event Norway votes to join common market 1972 Event British Parliament votes to join European Common Market 1968 Event France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1967 Event Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1967 Event Norway requests European Common Market membership 1967 Event Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Event Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) 1964 Event Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market 1964 Event Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market 1962 Event Greece enters European Common Market 1962 Event U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day 1961 Event England applies for membership in European Common Market 1959 Event Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market 1958 Event European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Event Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market 1956 Birthday Denise Jannah, Zeefuik, Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market 1955 Event "Scrabble" debuts on board game market 1952 Event Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens 1944 Event Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market 1944 Event M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Event Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1939 Event Municipal Railway and Market St. RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 1935 Event Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches 1931 Birthday Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1929 Event Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 Event "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1923 Birthday Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher, TV's Nielsen's Ratings 1916 Event Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time 1916 Event Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market 1907 Event Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle 1906 Event "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF 1906 Birthday Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher 1905 Event Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated 1898 Event San Francisco Ferry Building at foot of Market St. opens 1897 Event Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres 1885 Death Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 1875 Event Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1875 Event Lotta's Fountain (Kearny and Market) dedicated 1873 Event Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar 1873 Event 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago 1869 Event Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market 1864 Event Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA 1864 Event Battle of New Market, Virginia 1863 Event City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years 1860 Event Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco 1859 Event Grading started for Market Street RR 1850 Event Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices 1842 Birthday Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter, Slave Market 1283 Event Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market
