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

  1. Ford Introduces the Mustang
  2. The Fox Television Network Goes on the Air
  3. France Launches Its First Four-Year Plan
  4. France Nationalizes Its Banking and Industrial Sectors
  5. French Voters Elect Mitterrand
  6. The FTC Conducts Hearings on Ads Aimed at Children
  7. The Fuller Brush Company Is Incorporated
  8. Genentech Is Founded
  9. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Is Signed
  10. General Electric Opens a Industrial Research Laboratory
  11. General Motors and the UAW Introduce the Cola Clause
  12. General Public Utilities Announces Plans for a Commercial Nuclear Reactor
  13. Germans Barter for Goods in Response to Hyperinflation
  14. Gillette Markets the First Disposable Razor
  15. Gordy Founds Motown Records
  16. Great Britain and China Agree on Control of Hong Kong
  17. Great Britain and France Sign the San Remo Agreement
  18. Great Britain Announces Plans to Privatize British Telecom
  19. Great Britain Passes the National Health Service Act
  20. Harvard University Founds a Business School
  21. Hasbro Advertises Toys on Television
  22. Hashimoto Forms the Roots of Nissan Motor Company
  23. The Hawthorne Studies Examine Factors in Human Productivity
  24. Health Consciousness Creates Huge New Markets
  25. The Hindenburg Program Militarizes the German Economy
  26. Hoffa Negotiates a National Trucking Agreement
  27. Home Shopping Service Is Offered on Cable Television
  28. Hoover Signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
  29. Howard Hughes Builds a Business Empire
  30. The Hula Hoop Is Marketed
  31. IBM Changes Its Name and Product Line
  32. IBM Introduces Its Personal Computer
  33. The Immigration Reform and Control Act Is Signed into Law
  34. An Independent Agency Takes Over U.S. Postal Service
  35. Insider Trading Scandals Mar the Emerging Junk Bond Market
  36. International Harvester Company Is Founded
  37. Invention of the Slug Rejector Spreads Use of Vending Machines
  38. Iran Announces Nationalization of Foreign Oil Interests
  39. Italy Creates the Industrial Reconstruction Institute
  40. ITT Actions Cause Suspicion of Involvement in a Chilean Coup
  41. Ivy Lee Sets a Precedent for Public Relations
  42. Japan Becomes the World’s Largest Automobile Producer
  43. Jim Bakker Is Sentenced for Fraud and Conspiracy
  44. Johnson Restricts Direct Foreign Investment
  45. Johnson Signs the Medicare and Medicaid Amendments
  46. The Kennedy-Johnson Tax Cuts Stimulate the U.S. Economy
  47. Keynes Publishes The General Theory
  48. Kodak Introduces the Brownie Camera
  49. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts Pioneers the Leveraged Buyout
  50. Kroc Agrees to Franchise McDonald’s