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2012 Event - U.S. CEO of Oracle Corp, Larry Ellison, agrees to purchase 98 percent of Hawaii's island of Lanai 1997 Death - Masaru Ibuka, co-founder (Sony Corp), dies at 89 1997 Event - Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 Event - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1997 Event - ABC News and Starwave Corp launch ABCNEWS.com 1997 Event - Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0 1995 Death - Mehdi Bazargan, director Iranian oil corp/premier (1979), dies at 86 1990 Event - Exxon Corp and Exxon Shipping are indicted on 5 criminal counts (Valdez) 1989 Event - Intel corp announces shipment of 80-486 chip 1987 Event - Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1987 Event - United Steel workers union ratified a concessionary with USX Corp 1985 Event - General Electric acquires RCA Corp and its subsidiary, NBC 1984 Event - Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1982 Event - WQXI, Atlanta, is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system 1981 Event - Chrysler Corp reports largest corporate losses in U.S. history 1979 Event - Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network 1975 Event - Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates 1974 Event - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cubic Corp Golf Classic 1971 Event - NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp 1970 Event - Amdahl Corp forms at Sunnyvale California 1970 Event - Digital Equipment Corp introduces PDP-11 minicomputer 1969 Event - Royal Canadian Mint formally forms as a Crown Corp 1968 Event - Beatles announce formation of Apple Corp 1965 Event - Sony Corp introduced its home video tape recorder, priced at $995 1961 Event - President Kennedy establishes the Peace Corp 1961 Event - John F. Kennedy asks for an Alliance for Progress and Peace Corp 1956 Event - Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder 1956 Event - Union workers ended a 156-day strike at Westinghouse Electric Corp 1946 Birthday - Tod Brannan, Vice President, Logos Network Corp 1944 Event - U.S. 12nd Army corp reaches Troyes 1944 Event - U.S. 20th Army corp enter Fontainebleau/Melun de Seine 1944 Event - U.S. 12nd Army corp occupies Sens 1944 Event - U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Mantes-Gassicourt at Paris 1944 Event - U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Mantes-Gassicourt near Paris 1944 Event - U.S. 20th Army corp conquers Chartres 1944 Event - U.S. 12 Army corp occupies Orleans 1944 Event - U.S. 15th Army corp reaches Eure, surrounds Dreux 1944 Event - U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans 1944 Event - U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans 1944 Event - U.S. 20th Army corp under general Walker occupies Nantes 1944 Event - U.S. 8th Army corp occupies Coutances France 1944 Event - U.S. V-III-E Army corp opens assault on Coutances Cotentin 1944 Event - U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg 1942 Event - 3rd and 5th Romanian army corp surrenders 1942 Event - General-major Rodins 26th Pantser corp recaptures Ostrov 1941 Event - British 13th Army corp reaches Tobruk 1937 Event - DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1934 Event - Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, FDIC, U.S. bank guarantor, effective 1933 Birthday - Sheldon Adelson, born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, property developer, billionaire businessman, investing in gambling and leisure businesses, CEO of Las Vegas Sands Corp., Forbes' third riches person in the U.S. in 2008 1933 Event - Civilian Conservation Corp, begins tree conservation 1932 Event - British Broadcasting Corp begins transmitting overseas 1932 Event - Reconstruction Finance Corp organized 1931 Birthday - Richard Searby, deputy-chairman, News Corp Ltd-Australia 1928 Event - Dodge Brothers Inc. and Chrysler Corp. merged 1927 Birthday - Michael Sandberg, British CEO, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corp 1926 Event - Italy establishes corp of force in order to break powerful unions 1926 Birthday - Kenneth H Olsen, U.S., engineer/founder, Digital Equipment Corp 1925 Event - Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old 1924 Birthday - Lee A Iacocca, CEO, Chrysler Corp 1924 Event - Computing-Tabulating-Recording Corp becomes IBM 1923 Event - U.S. Steel Corp initiates 8th-hour work day 1923 Birthday - Laurence A. Tisch, born in New York City, CEO, Loews Corp 1919 Event - 1st jump with Army Air Corp (rip-cord type) parachute (Les Irvin) 1915 Birthday - Sargent Shriver, Maryland, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate, 1972, directed Peace Corp 1915 Event - Zion Mule Corp forms 1913 Birthday - John Elliott Terry, managing director, National Film Finance Corp 1913 Death - John Pierpont Morgan, U.S. banker/CEO (US Steel Corp), dies at 75 1911 Event - Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) 1909 Event - Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 1908 Event - Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1902 Birthday - William Lear, engineer/manufacturer/CEO, Lear Jet Corp 1901 Event - U.S. Steel Corp organized under J. P. Morgan 1901 Event - Pierpont Morgan forms U.S. Steel Corp 1897 Event - Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1882 Event - New York Steam Corp begins distributing steam to Manhattan buildings 1875 Birthday - Walter Percy Chrysler, found Chrysler Corp, 1925 1826 Event - Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey 1825 Birthday - Ambrose Powell Hill, Lieutenant General, Confederate 3rd Army Corp 1818 Event - U.S. Medical Corp forms 1812 Birthday - Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1735 Birthday - John H van Kinsbergen, Dutch lt-admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corp 1504 Event - English guilds/corp goes under state control |
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