1960 Event 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro North Carolina Woolworth 1952 Event Woolworth's at Powell and Market (SF) opens 1923 Event ZR-1 (biggest active dirigible) flies over New York's tallest skyscraper, Woolworth Tower 1912 Birthday Barbara Hutton, heiress, Woolworth 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) 1852 Birthday Frank Woolworth, 5 cents and 10 cents King, Woolworths
