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By Series - Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series

1. The 1939 World’s Fair Introduces Regular U.S. Television Service
2. The 1976 Copyright Act Reflects Technological Change
3. The A. C. Nielsen Company Pioneers in Marketing and Media Research
4. Accountants Form a New Professional Association
5. Advertisers Adopt a Truth in Advertising Code
6. The AFL and CIO Merge
7. The AFL-CIO Expels the Teamsters Union
8. The Agency for International Development Is Established
9. The Air Commerce Act Creates a Federal Airways System
10. Air Traffic Controllers Declare a Strike
11. The Alaskan Oil Pipeline Opens
12. Alcoa Is Found in Violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act
13. American and Mexican Companies Form Maquiladoras
14. The American Automobile Association Forms
15. American Firms Adopt Japanese Manufacturing Techniques
16. The American Management Association Is Established
17. Amtrak Takes Over Most U.S. Intercity Train Traffic
18. The Anglo-Japanese Treaty Brings Japan into World Markets
19. Antitrust Prosecution Forces RCA to Restructure
20. Antitrust Rulings Force Film Studios to Divest Theaters
21. Arab Oil Producers Curtail Oil Shipments to Industrial States
22. The Armstrong Committee Examines the Insurance Industry
23. ASCAP Forms to Protect Writers and Publishers of Music
24. The Asian Development Bank Is Chartered
25. AT&T Agrees to Be Broken Up as Part of an Antitrust Settlement
26. AT&T and GTE Install Fiber-Optic Telephone Systems
27. AT&T Is Ordered to Reduce Charges
28. Atlantic City Legalizes Casino Gambling
29. Atlantic Richfield Discovers Oil at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska
30. Avon Begins Operations in China
31. Awarding of an NFL Franchise to Houston Raises the Ante in Professional Sports
32. The Bank of United States Fails
33. The Banking Act of 1933 Reorganizes the American Banking System
34. The Banking Act of 1935 Centralizes U.S. Monetary Control
35. The Banning of DDT Signals New Environmental Awareness
36. The Baylor Plan Introduces Prepaid Hospital Care
37. The BBC Begins Television Broadcasting
38. Bell Atlantic and TCI Announce Merger Plans
39. Bell Labs Is Formed
40. Berle and Means Discuss Corporate Control
41. The Boeing 707 Begins Commercial Service
42. The Boston Celtics Sell Shares in the Team
43. Braniff International Suspends Flight Operations
44. The Bretton Woods Agreement Encourages Free Trade
45. A British Labour Party Victory Leads to Takeovers of Industry
46. British Leyland Motor Corporation Forms by Merger
47. British Workers Fail to Achieve Objectives in a General Strike
48. The Brooklyn Dodgers Move to Los Angeles
49. The Bundestag Passes Legislation on Codetermination
50. Bush Responds to the Savings and Loan Crisis