This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday Otis Elevator!
August 3, 1811: It’s the birthday of Elisha Graves Otis, born 205 years ago in Halifax, Vt. who found his inspiration…
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This Day in Business History: Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman!
July 31, 1912: Milton Friedman is born in Brooklyn, NY. Friedman, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize for Economics, is best…
This Day in Business History: Ford’s Model A Goes to Market
July 23, 1903: The freshly incorporated Ford Motor Company sells its very first Model A, ushering in a new era…
This Day in Business History: The Mercantile Agency (later D&B) is Founded
July 20, 1841: On this date, Lewis Tappan founded The Mercantile Agency to collect business information such as sales estimates and…
This Day in Business History: Opening Day at Disneyland
July 17, 1955: On a sunny Anaheim, California Sunday afternoon, Walt Disney opens his first theme park, Disneyland. Offering 5 theme…
This Day in Business History: The First Walmart Opens
July 2, 1962: Sam Walton opens his first Walmart store in Rogers, Arkansas at the age of 44. Sam Walton was no…
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This Day in Business History: Lisa D. Cook Publishes Her Paper on Violence and Econ ...
On June 14, 2014, Lisa D. Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University, published her paper on the Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Patents, 1870 to 1940. Through her research she finds that...
This Day in Business History: The Podcast Planet Money Releases Lisa D. Cook’ ...
In this podcast episode of Planet Money from NPR released on June 12, 2020, Lisa D. Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University, discusses the economic and social implications of racial disparities for Black Americans in the...
This Day in Business History: Lisa D. Cook Presents on the Economic and Social Impl ...
The economic and social implications of racial disparities On Monday, June 8, 2020, Lisa Cook, Professor of Economics and International Relations at Michigan State University, discussed the economic and social implications of racial disparities in the U.S. at the Bendheim...
This Day in Business History: Napster Initiates Ripple of Disruption in the Music I ...
June 1, 1999: The world’s first peer-to-peer music sharing site, Napster, launched on this date. Before Napster, music lovers were limited to purchasing music as hard copies on CDs, vinyl, or cassettes. Napster enabled users to share music files in...