This Day in Business History: Word’s First Internet Domain Is Registered
March 15, 1985: The world’s first internet domain name, symbolics.com, was registered by the Symbolics Computer Corporation of Massachusetts. The…
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This Day in Business History: Pan Am Airways Takes Flight
March 14, 1927: Initially designed to be just an air mail and passenger service operation between Key West, Florida and…
This Day in Business History: The Birth of the Commercial Typewriter
March 1, 1873: While the history of the development of the typewriter dates back to the 16th century, in the U.S.,…
This Day in Business History: America’s First Five and Dime Store Opens
February 22, 1878: The first F.W. Woolworth store was opened by Frank Winfield Woolworth on February 22, 1878 in Utica,…
This Day in Business History: Warby Parker is Founded
February 15, 2010: February is an auspicious month for the company Warby Parker. In February 2008, 4 MBA students at…
This Day in Business History: St. Valentine’s Day Becomes Big Business
February 14, 1913: Hall Bros. of Kansas City, MO (later known as Hallmark) offers its first valentine postcards. Two years later, a…
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This Day in Business History: Facebook Is Founded
Feb 4, 2004: Facebook is founded by Mark Zuckerberg and co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Eduardo Saverin launch Facebook. By December 2004, 1M people were using Facebook. The social media network now has 1.49 billion daily active users on Facebook...
This Day in Business History: Apple Macintosh Goes on Sale
Jan 24, 1984: The Apple Macintosh computer first goes on sale, featuring a graphical user interface and a mouse. Two days prior to the sale, Apple announced the new computer’s launch via a dramatic ad during Super Bowl XVIII. In the first three...
This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, André Michelin!
January 16, 1853: André Michelin, founder of Michelin Tire Company, is born in Paris. Michelin took over his family’s failing farm equipment company, which manufactured rubber parts such as belts and valves, in 1886. A few years later, he was...
This Day in Business History: Burj Khalifa opens
Jan. 4, 2010: Burj Khalifa in Dubai, U.A.E., opens as the worlds tallest building at 2,717 feet (828m). At over 160 stories tall, it also has the highest occupied floor in the world. The building includes 900 residential apartments, office...