2015 Event The Swiss National Bank has uncapped the Swiss franc against the euro, resulting in a rise in its currency value from 1.20 to 1.04 francs/euro; the bank also reduced interest rates from -.25% to -.75%, increasing costs to investors who store deposits 2014 Event Discount store Dollar Tree will buy rival Family Dollar for $8.5 billion; the merged company is expected to generate revenue in line with competitor Dollar General 2014 Event Mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is now one of the top three downloads in the free app category of the Apple App store in the U.S.; the game was released a little over two weeks ago 2011 Event A near riot breaks out at the Beijing Apple Store as the Apple iPad2 goes on sale in the People's Republic of China 2006 Event Apple's iTunes store sells it's 1 billionth song 1993 Event Fire in Linxi department store in Tangshan China, kills 79 1992 Event Alexanders Department store closes all 11 stores 1992 Event New York department store chain Alexanders announces closing of all 11 stores 1991 Event Dana Plato receives 6 yr suspended sentence for robbing a video store 1991 Death Peggy Mondo, actress (Who's Minding the Store), dies at 50 1990 Event Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records 1988 Event Animal rights terrorists fire-bomb Harrod's department store, London 1987 Event Bomb blamed on Unabomber explodes by computer store in Salt Lake City 1985 Event Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb 1974 Event Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1973 Event Fire at Taiyo department store, kills 101 and injures 84 (Kumamoto Japan) 1973 Event Walt Disney Store opens 1972 Event 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi department store (Osaka Japan) 1968 Event Gunpowder stocks at a sporting-goods store explode, killing 43 (Va) 1967 Event Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens 1967 Event Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium) 1960 Event San Francisco's White House department store 1st to accept BankAmericard 1956 Event Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus 1953 Event 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois 1947 Birthday Eddie Antar, founder/CEO, Crazy Eddie Electronics Store 1944 Event 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store 1926 Birthday Betsy Bloomingdale, department store mogul 1922 Event 1st Thom McAn shoe store opens, on Third Avenue New York City 1902 Event J C Penney opens his 1st store in Kemmerer, Wyoming 1897 Birthday Tarjei Vesaas, Norwegian author, Det Store Spelet 1888 Birthday Henry Armetta, Italian/U.S. actor, Bell for Adano, Big Store 1882 Event 1st demonstration of pancake making (Department store in New York City) 1882 Event 1st U.S. college cooperative store opens, at Harvard University 1879 Event F. W. Woolworth opens 1st store, failed almost immediately 1879 Event 1st 5 and 10 store opened by Frank W. Woolworth (Utica New York) 1878 Event 1st U.S. store to install electric lights, Philadelphia 1875 Birthday James Cash Penney, department store founder, J C Penney 1872 Event Bloomingdale's department store in New York opens 1858 Event Macy's Department store opens in New York City 1858 Event RH Macy and Co opens 1st store, (6th Ave-NYC) Gross receipts $1106 1848 Event Alexander Stewart opens 1st U.S. department store 1848 Event 1st department store opens 1838 Birthday John Wanamaker, merchant, Wanamakers Department Store 1834 Birthday Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store 1759 Event 1st music store in America opens in Philadelphia
