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1994 Mark Alexander Abrams, market Researcher, dies at 88
1993 Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 John Frost, English lt-kol (operation Market Garden 1944), dies at 80 1992 Target date for Europe's single market 1991 Howard Stern adds a 4th radio market (KLSX FM-97.1 Los Angeles) 1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market 1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market 1987 Turkey asks to join European market 1986 Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market 1982 Streetcars stop running on Market St. after 122 years of service 1979 IRA bomb explodes on Brussels Great Market 1979 European Market accepts Greece as member 1978 European market and China signs trade agreement 1978 Velcro was 1st put on the market 1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated 1977 Army shoots on market vendor women in Conakry Guinee 1975 British voters decide to remain in Common Market 1975 British population agrees to European Common Market membership 1975 Israel signs an agreement with European Economic Market 1974 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121 1974 Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens 1973 CARICOM - Caribbean Community and Common Market, forms 1973 Britain, Ireland and Denmark become 7th - 9th members of Common Market 1972 Danish population votes for European Common Market membership 1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market 1972 Norway votes to join common market 1972 British Parliament votes to join European Common Market 1968 France refuses U.K. entry into common market 1967 Construction begins on San Francisco MUNI METRO (Market Street subway) 1967 Norway requests European Common Market membership 1967 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for Common Market membership 1966 Construction crews begin tearing up Market St. to build BART 1966 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), New Market, Alabama (state record) 1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market 1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market 1962 Greece enters European Common Market 1962 U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day 1961 England applies for membership in European Common Market 1959 Sony brings transistor TV 8-301 to the market 1958 European Economic Community, known as the Common Market, starts operation 1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1957 Treaty of Rome establishes European Economic Community, known as the Common Market 1956 Denise Jannah, Zeefuik, Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market 1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market 1952 Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens 1944 Archbishop De Young and bishop Huibers condemn black market 1944 M-Ocean View streetcar resumes service and is extended to Market St 1944 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel 1944 Operation Market Garden: British airborne division lands Arnhem, Netherlands 1939 Municipal Railway and Market St. RR begin service to Transbay Terminal 1935 Market Street Railway starts using trackless trolley coaches 1931 Boris Yeltsin, born in Russia, first President of the Russian Federation, endorsed free market economies 1929 Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1923 Arthur C Nielsen, market researcher, TV's Nielsen's Ratings 1916 Market Street's "Path of Gold" lit for 1st time 1916 Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market 1907 Pike Place Market dedicated in Seattle 1906 "Temporary" permit to erect overhead wires on Market St. SF 1906 Mark Alexander Abrams, market researcher 1905 Albert Cuypstrat street market in Amsterdam inaugurated 1898 San Francisco Ferry Building at foot of Market St. opens 1897 Paul Dukas "L'Apprenti Sorcier Pruimtabak on the Market," premieres 1885 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter (Slave Market), dies at 42 1875 Palace Hotel on Market Street, San Francisco opens 1875 Lotta's Fountain (Kearny and Market) dedicated 1873 Sultan Bargash closes slave market of Zanzibar 1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago 1869 Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to control U.S. gold market 1864 Battle of Waynesboro and New Market Heights VA 1864 Battle of New Market, Virginia 1863 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years 1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco 1859 Grading started for Market Street RR 1850 Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices 1842 Edouard J A Agneessens, Flemish painter, Slave Market 1283 Albrecht I van Habsburg becomes ruler of Austrian/Bull market |
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