Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Today 20 October in Business History

1898 NC Mutual & Provident Insurance Company forms
1905 Great General Strike in Russia begins; lasts 11 days
1973 OPEC oil embargo begins
1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR & moves station from NYC to Scituate Mass
1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released

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