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U.S Business.

By PensFan101

  • First half-page newspaper

    First half-page newspaper
    1st half-page newspaper ad is published (NY Weekly Journal)

  • 1st Hospital

    1st Hospital
    1st US hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)

  • Post office

    Post office
    The United States Post Office Department is established, signed into law by President George Washington.

  • Stock Exchange

    Stock Exchange
    The New York Stock Exchange is founded

  • Electric Company

    Electric Company
    The General Electric Company is formed, merging the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company.

  • First movie theater

    First movie theater
    The first movie theatre in the United States opens in Los Angeles, California. It was known as the Electric Theatre.

  • Apple Computer, Inc

    Apple Computer, Inc
    Apple was established on April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, to sell the Apple I personal computer kit.

  • Microsoft restruction

    Microsoft restruction
    Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.

  • Air lines go out of business

    Air lines go out of business
    Eastern Air Lines goes out of business after 62 years, citing financial problems.

  • Economy Adds 103,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment Dips to 94%

    Economy Adds 103,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment Dips to 94%
    The U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in the month of December 2010, while the unemployment dipped just slightly, to 9.4% from 9.8% in November.