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John D. Rockefeller is born. -
Rockefeller and his family move to Ohio. -
He was hired for his first job in merchant business. -
He establishes the Standard Oil Company close to Cleveland. -
Rockefeller gets married to Laura C. Spelman. -
John buys out all his competitors by 72 he controls almost all surrounding oil refineries. -
His first son John is born. -
He made his first monopoly. -
John along with other affiliates make Standard Oil Company a trust. -
The Sherman Antitrust Act comes out hoping to take down Standard Oil Company. -
Focuses on helping out in education and making charities. -
The group who made Standard Oil Company Trust make a holding company of Standard Oil Company. -
Ida Tarbells writes in a magazine questioning the ethics of the Standard Oil Company. -
The Standard Oil Company is seen as a violation against the Sherman Antitrust Act and is ordered to sacrifice all refineries. -
Rockefeller dies in Florida.