Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Today 27 October in Business History

1904 World's 1st subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel
1920 Westinghouse radio station in East Pittsburgh, KDKA begins
1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called "nylon"
1967 Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada
1969 Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders
1988 Larry Flynt paid hitman $1M to kill Hefner, Guccione & Sinatra

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