BankAmericard
Time: 1958
Place: U.S.
Details: New technologies also allowed the direct linking of credit cards with individual bank accounts. In 1958, the bank introduced the BankAmericard, which changed its name to Visa in 1977.
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Bank of America-The Company announced a $2 billion repurchase agreement for Countrywide Financial
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Friday Jan 16, 2009 - U.S.
Bank of America-McColl stepped down and named Ken Lewis
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Bank of America-Bank of America agreed to pay a $33 million fine
Monday Aug 3, 2009 - U.S.
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Kroger-Kroger announced its acquisition of Harris Teeter
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Bank of America-NationsBank
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Bank of America-Bank of America
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Michael Jordan-Jordan's purchase approved
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Ellie Goulding-People's Choice Award
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Internet-Stemming from the first specifications of TCP
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1958
Sony Corporation-Changing The Name To Sony
Jan, 1958 - Tokyo, Japan
Mao Zedong-The Great Leap Forward
Jan, 1958 - China
IKEA-The First Möbel-IKÉA Store
1958 - Älmhult, Småland, Sweden
Akio Morita-Renaming The Company
1958 - Tokyo, Japan
First Sudanese Civil War-The Coup d'état of Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Abboud
1958 - Southern Sudan
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Signs of dissatisfaction with the British increased on both sides with Turkish Cypriots now forming Volkan
1958 - Cyprus
Algerian War-The French Army shifted its tactics
1958 - Algeria
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Screening room incident
1958 - U.S.
Ted Kaczynski-Kaczynski entered Harvard on a scholarship
1958 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Visa Inc.-Test at first went smoothly, but then BofA panicked when it confirmed rumors that another bank was about to initiate its own drop
1958 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Frank Sinatra-Releasing The Album "Come Fly with Me"
Monday Jan 6, 1958 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
1958 - Paris, France
Malcolm X-Marriage
Jan, 1958 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Cypriot intercommunal violence-British soldiers opened fire against a crowd of Turkish Cypriot rioters
Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Cyprus
Cypriot intercommunal violence-Turkish Cypriot response to this plan was a series of anti-British demonstrations in Nicosia
Monday Jan 27, 1958 - Nicosia, Cyprus
The Beatles-The Joining of George Harrison
Feb, 1958 - Liverpool, England
Che Guevara-Radio Rebelde
Feb, 1958 - Cuba
Harald V-The oath To the Constitution of Norway
Friday Feb 21, 1958 - Oslo, Norway
Raúl Castro-Commander in the Cuban Revolution
Thursday Feb 27, 1958 - Oriente Province, Cuba
Nelson Mandela-1st Divorce
Mar, 1958 - South Africa
Che Guevara-United States to stop selling arms to the Cuban government
Mar, 1958 - Cuba
Pope Francis-Society of Jesus
Tuesday Mar 11, 1958 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Townsend returned United Kingdom
Mar, 1958 - United Kingdom
Margaret Thatcher-Conservative safe seat
Apr, 1958 - Finchley, London, England
Richard Nixon-The Goodwill Tour of South America
Sunday Apr 27, 1958 - Montevideo, Uruguay
Freddie Mercury-The Hectics
1958 - Panchgani, Mumbai, India
Warren Buffett-Third Child
Sunday May 4, 1958 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Algerian War-May 1958 crisis
Tuesday May 13, 1958 - France
Christmas Island-The United Kingdom's Christmas Island Act Was Given Royal assent
Wednesday May 14, 1958 - Christmas Island
Charles de Gaulle-Gaulle asserted again that he was at the disposal of the country
Monday May 19, 1958 - France
Conflict in Myanmar-Armed Resistance Movement
Tuesday May 20, 1958 - Shan State, Myanmar
Algerian War-French paratroopers from the Algerian corps landed on Corsica
Saturday May 24, 1958 - Corsica, France
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was expected to propose a plan to resolve the Cyprus issue
Jun, 1958 - Cyprus
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle became Prime Minister
Sunday Jun 1, 1958 - France
Algerian War-I have understood you
Wednesday Jun 4, 1958 - Algeria
Cypriot intercommunal violence-A bomb exploded at the entrance of the Turkish Embassy in Cyprus
Saturday Jun 7, 1958 - Cyprus
Fido (dog)-Fido died still waiting for his master
Monday Jun 9, 1958 - Borgo San Lorenzo, Tuscany, Italy
Cypriot intercommunal violence-The crisis reached a climax
Thursday Jun 12, 1958 - Cyprus
Nelson Mandela-2nd Marriage
Saturday Jun 14, 1958 - Bizana, South Africa
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Nagy was Executed
Monday Jun 16, 1958 - Budapest, Hungary
W. E. B. Du Bois-Du Bois visited Russia and China
1958 - Russia and China
Fido (dog)-La Domenica del Corriere commemorated Fido with a poignant cover story
Sunday Jun 22, 1958 - Milan, Italy
Raúl Castro-Kidnapping 36 hostages
Thursday Jun 26, 1958 - The North Coast of Oriente Province, Cuba
Pelé-1958 World Cup
Sunday Jun 29, 1958 - Stockholm, Sweden
Laser-Bell Labs filed a patent application for their proposed optical maser
1958 - U.S.
Pope John Paul II-Youngest bishop in Poland
Friday Jul 4, 1958 - Lakes region of northern Poland, Poland
James Bond-Casino Royale comic book was published
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower sent 15,000 Marines and soldiers to Lebanon
Jul, 1958 - Lebanon
Buckingham Palace-Queen abolished the presentation parties for débutantes
1958 - London, England, United Kingdom
Prince Charles-The Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester
Saturday Jul 26, 1958 - Wales, UK
Neil Armstrong-The ARPA canceled its funding to "Man In Space Soonest"
Friday Aug 1, 1958 - Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Algerian War-All Algerians including women were registered for the first time on electoral rolls to participate in a referendum to be held on the new constitution
Sep, 1958 - Algeria
Visa Inc.-Bank of America (BofA) launched its BankAmericard credit card program
Sep, 1958 - Fresno, California, U.S.
Nuclear Power-USS Bainbridge
Monday Sep 1, 1958 - U.S.
Laser-Prokhorov independently proposed using an open resonator, the first published appearance (in the USSR) of this idea
1958 - U.S.S.R.
Christmas Island-The Commonwealth Cabinet Decision 1573
Tuesday Sep 9, 1958 - Christmas Island
Computer-The First working integrated example
Friday Sep 12, 1958 - Texas, U.S.
Christmas Island-The Island was Officially Placed Under The Authority of The Commonwealth of Australia
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Christmas Island
Neil Armstrong-Neil became an Employee of NASA
Wednesday Oct 1, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Algerian War-De Gaulle visited Constantine
Oct, 1958 - Algeria
James Bond-Moonraker was adapted for broadcast on South African radio
1958 - South Africa
Juan Trippe-Pan Am's First Scheduled Jet Flight
Sunday Oct 26, 1958 - Paris, France
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Eisenhower created NASA as a civilian space agency
Wednesday Oct 29, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Neil Armstrong-Project "Mercury"
Wednesday Nov 5, 1958 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-Charles De Gaulle and his supporters won a comfortable majority
Nov, 1958 - France
Xerox-The Name
1958 - New York, U.S.
Sooronbay Jeenbekov-Born
Sunday Nov 16, 1958 - Biy-Myrza, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyrgyzstan)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Margaret met the photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones
1958 - United Kingdom
Raúl Castro-Capturing Maffo
Tuesday Dec 30, 1958 - Maffo, Contramaestre, Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion-Batista Resigned and Fled into Exile
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Fidel Castro-Batista's Escape
Wednesday Dec 31, 1958 - Cuba
Indira Gandhi-The President of The Congress
1958 - New Delhi, India