Fortune 500
Time: 2008
Place: New York, U.S.
Details: In 2008, Dollar Tree earned a place in the Fortune 500.
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Best-effort ordering. Some events may appear out of order since many are only known to the year, but they are usually around the same period.
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Donald Trump-Trump University
2004 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell-Marie Zakrzewska, along with Blackwell and her sister Emily expanded Blackwell's original dispensary into the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children
1857 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Elizabeth Blackwell-7,000 patients were being treated per year
1866 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Buttonwood Agreement
Thursday May 17, 1792 - 68 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-New reforms
1817 - 82 Wall Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S.
IBM-Years of Achievements
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September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Bone Fragments Were Still Being Found
2006 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Juan Trippe-Long Island Airways
1922 - U.S.
Ford-Fortune Global 500 List of 2010
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Fidel Castro-Castro garnered support in New York City
Saturday Feb 18, 1961 - New York, U.S.
Franklin D. Roosevelt-First Job
1908 - New York, U.S.
Bank of America-Bank of America announced the purchase of The United States Trust Company
Monday Nov 20, 2006 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Google LLC-Alphabet Bought The Nearby Chelsea Market Building
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George Washington-Final Edits
May, 1796 - U.S.
George Washington-Neutrality Proclamation
Monday Apr 22, 1793 - U.S.
George Washington-Treaty of New York
Saturday Aug 7, 1790 - New York, U.S.
George Washington-Thanksgiving
Friday Nov 27, 1789 - Federal Hall, New York, U.S.
George Washington-Jefferson submitted his resignation from Washington's cabinet
Wednesday Jul 31, 1793 - U.S.
George Washington-Valedictory Address
May, 1792 - U.S.
George Washington-Rift became openly hostile between Hamilton and Jefferson
Thursday Feb 26, 1789 - U.S.
George Washington-Hamilton resigned
Saturday Jan 24, 1795 - U.S.
George Washington-Washington signed into law the Fugitive Slave Act
Wednesday Feb 13, 1793 - U.S.
George Washington-Whiskey Rebellion
1791 - U.S.
George Washington-President of the United States
Friday May 1, 1789 - New York, U.S.
George Washington-Washington assembled his cabinet to discuss how to deal with the situation
Wednesday Aug 3, 1791 - U.S.
Flag of the United States-Letter from George Washington
Monday May 10, 1779 - U.S.
Flag of the United States-15 Stars
Friday May 1, 1795 - U.S.
George Washington-Washington declined to run for a third term of office
1792 - U.S.
George Washington-Second Term
Wednesday Feb 13, 1793 - U.S.
Benjamin Banneker-Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson
Friday Aug 19, 1791 - U.S.
Flag of the United States-The Continental Navy raised the Colors as the ensign of the fledgling nation
1776 - U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit its peak closing price
Tuesday Oct 9, 2007 - New York, U.S.
Zara-Rank in Interbrand's list
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Google LLC-Google announced Its Plan To Expand Its New York City Office
Nov, 2018 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Membership had to be capped
1869 - New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-The innovative electric motor patented in May 1888
May, 1888 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla convinced John Jacob Astor IV to invest $100,000
1899 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is first published in The Wall Street Journal
1896 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla demonstrated a 200 horsepower (150 kilowatts) 16,000 rpm bladeless turbine
1906 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Edward Dean Adams agreed to help found the Nikola Tesla Company
1895 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla Electric Company
Apr, 1887 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla spent a great deal of his time and fortune on a series of projects trying to develop the transmission of electrical power without wires
1890s - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA hits an all-time high of 18,873.6
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New York Stock Exchange-DJIA reaches 20,000 for the first time
Wednesday Jan 25, 2017 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Real-time ticker was introduced
1996 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeds 10,000
Monday Mar 29, 1999 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Common Stock Index
1966 - U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla proceeded to do his own experiments in X-ray imaging
Mar, 1896 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Mini-Crash of 1989
Friday Oct 13, 1989 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Poor's Publishing introduced their "Composite Index"
1923 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-"SELL WELCOME"
Thursday Sep 14, 1989 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla developed an induction motor that ran on alternating current
1887 - U.S.
1973 oil crisis-The U.S. stock market recovers
Dec, 1974 - U.S.
Xerox-Xerox common stock (XRX) was listed on the New York Stock Exchange
1961 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE announced plans to temporarily move to all-electronic trading
Mar, 2020 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA closes above 18,000
Tuesday Dec 23, 2014 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Stacey Cunningham became the first female leader in the exchange's 226-year history
Friday May 25, 2018 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Black Thursday crash
Thursday Oct 24, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA loses more than 500 points
Monday Sep 15, 2008 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average exceeds 5,000
1995 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Exchange was registered as a national securities exchange
Monday Oct 1, 1934 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Best Buy-Best Buy debuted on the New York Stock Exchange
1987 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-New York Stock Exchange Building
1903 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA achieved an all-time high of 18,351.36
Tuesday May 19, 2015 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE Composite Index was relaunched
2003 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-2010 Flash Crash
Thursday May 6, 2010 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-DJIA reaches 25,000 for the first time
Thursday Jan 4, 2018 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-$200,000 a share
Thursday Aug 14, 2014 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Trading floor is opened to women while men were serving in WWII
1943 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Hurricane Sandy shut down
Monday Oct 29, 2012 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE Group completed its merger with Euronext
Wednesday Apr 4, 2007 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE imposed rules restricting brokers from voting uninstructed shares
2012 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points
Monday Oct 19, 1987 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Exchange was closed in WWI
Friday Jul 31, 1914 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time
Tuesday Nov 14, 1972 - New York, U.S.
September 11 (9/11) Attacks-Dollars, U.S. Stocks Lost $1.4 Trillion
2001 - U.S.
Great Depression-Black Tuesday
Tuesday Oct 29, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Becoming known as the S&P 500
1957 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Market rules violation
Thursday May 1, 2014 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Resuming on Monday
Monday Sep 17, 2001 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-US President George W. Bush shows up unannounced to the Floor about an hour and a half before a Federal Open Market Committee interest-rate decision
Wednesday Jan 31, 2007 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-1997 Mini-Crash
Monday Oct 27, 1997 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Foreign brokers are admitted to NYSE
1977 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Stock tickers were first introduced
1867 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Non-profit corporation was formed
Thursday Feb 18, 1971 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Second-longest bull market begins
Wednesday Oct 14, 2009 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-Dow reaches a secondary closing peak of 294.07
Thursday Apr 17, 1930 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-Uninterrupted gains
May, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-The Dow Jones Industrial Index bottoms out at 41.22
Friday Jul 8, 1932 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins
Thursday Oct 24, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-Stock market bottoms out at 198.60
Wednesday Nov 13, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Great Depression-One day recovery
Wednesday Oct 30, 1929 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Nikola Tesla-Tesla opened offices
1906 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Trading in bonds begins
1909 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Longest (ten-year) bull market begins
1990 - New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Largest point drop in history (1,175 points drop)
Monday Feb 5, 2018 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE announced its plans to merge with Archipelago in a deal intended to reorganize the NYSE as a publicly-traded company
Thursday Apr 21, 2005 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-NYSE's governing board voted to merge with rival Archipelago
Tuesday Dec 6, 2005 - New York City, New York, U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Third-longest (eight-year) bull market begins
1949 - New York, U.S.
2008
Kaká-2007 Serie A Footballer of the Year
Jan, 2008 - Milan, Italy
Zlatan Ibrahimović-Serie A Footballer of the Year
2008 - Milan, Lombardy, Italy
HTC-First WiMAX supported phone
2008 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
HTC-The HTC Dream
2008 - Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Warren Buffett-The Richest Man in the World
2008 - U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Nike acquired Umbro
2008 - Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England
Ciro Immobile-First contract
2008 - Turin, Italy
Nike, Inc.-Nike became The First Company To Receive Cannes advertising Award Twice
2008 - Cannes, France
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Societe generals
2008 - Paris, France
Nike, Inc.-Nike sold Bauer Hockey
2008 - Exeter, New Hampshire, U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Nike Introduced The Air Jordan XX3
2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-Post-election transition
2008 - U.S.
Joe Biden-2008 Vice Presidential campaign
2008 - U.S.
Marvel Studios-Marvel Animation was incorporated to direct Marvel's efforts in animation and home entertainment markets
Jan, 2008 - U.S.
Microprocessor-About 10 Billion CPUs Were Manufactured
2008 - U.S.
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-A Criminal Complaint
2008 - France
Marc Patrick O'Leary: Washington and Colorado Serial Rapist (Unbelievable)-Marie
2008 - Lynnwood, Washington, U.S.
Jacinda Ardern-International Union of Socialist Youth
2008 - Vienna, Austria
Banking Frauds and Hacks-Heartland Payment System
2008 - Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S.
Bernard Arnault-Princess Yachts
2008 - Plymouth, England, U.K.
Google LLC-Google announced Its "Project 10100"
2008 - Mountain View, California, U.S.
Shaquille O'Neal-33 games for the Miami Heat in the 2007–08 season
2008 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Colombian conflict-The Results of a Mitochondrial DNA Test For Emmanuel
Friday Jan 4, 2008 - Colombia
Richard Branson-Virgin Healthcare announced that it would open a chain of health care clinics
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - United Kingdom
Colombian conflict-FARC released Rojas and Gonzalez
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - Colombia
Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Afghanistan Blizzard
Thursday Jan 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Bank of America-Bank of America announced that it would buy Countrywide Financial
Friday Jan 11, 2008 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Hugo Chávez stated his disapproval with The FARC Strategy
Sunday Jan 13, 2008 - Caracas, Venezuela
Muhammad Yunus-Muhammad Yunus Day
Monday Jan 14, 2008 - Houston, Texas, U.S.
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani looking into the death of Imad Mughniyah
2008 - Syria
Francesco Totti-200th goal for Roma
Wednesday Jan 16, 2008 - Rome, Italy
Bank of America-Doubled interest rate
Jan, 2008 - U.S.
Angelina Jolie-Worthy
2008 - United States
Diego Maradona-Coach Alfio Basile resigned
2008 - Argentina
Colombian conflict-FARC released four political hostages "as a gesture of goodwill" toward Chávez
Feb, 2008 - Colombia
Best Buy-Best Buy opened its first store in San Juan
Feb, 2008 - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Shaquille O'Neal-The Phoenix Suns acquired O'Neal
Feb, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Virat Kohli-2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Feb, 2008 - Malaysia
Xanana Gusmão-The Assassination attempt
Monday Feb 11, 2008 - Timor-Leste
Russian Invasion of Ukraine-Obvious threats
Tuesday Feb 12, 2008 - Russia
Johan Cruyff-The New Technical director at his boyhood club Ajax
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Shaquille O'Neal-O'Neal made his Suns debut
Wednesday Feb 20, 2008 - Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Raúl Castro-16th President of Cuba
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Retirement
Sunday Feb 24, 2008 - Havana, Cuba
Visa Inc.-Visa announced it would go ahead with an IPO of half its shares
Monday Feb 25, 2008 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi was named Permanent Chair
2008 - Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Microsoft-EU Imposed Fine
Wednesday Feb 27, 2008 - Brussels, Belgium
Kaká-A Contract extension
Friday Feb 29, 2008 - Milan, Italy
Colombian conflict-The Military Operation in Ecuador on a FARC Position
Saturday Mar 1, 2008 - Ecuador
John Maynard Keynes-The death of the dream of global free-market capitalism
Mar, 2008 - U.S.
Colombian conflict-Killing Iván Ríos
Monday Mar 3, 2008 - Caldas, Colombia
Carlos Slim-The World's Second-Richest Person 2008
Wednesday Mar 5, 2008 - U.S.
Atari, Inc.-Infogrames acquisition
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - New York, U.S.
iOS-IPhone SDK
Thursday Mar 6, 2008 - Cupertino, California, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-Collapsing at a House of Lords dinner
Friday Mar 7, 2008 - London, England
Francesco Totti-500th overall appearance for Roma
Sunday Mar 9, 2008 - Rome, Italy
Bank of America-Federal Bureau of Investigation report
Mar, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Qasem Soleimani-Soleimani helped arrange a ceasefire
Mar, 2008 - Iraq
YouTube-480×360 pixels
Mar, 2008 - San Bruno, California, U.S.
Jimmy Hoffa-Barbara Retired as an Associate Circuit Judge
Mar, 2008 - St. Louis County, Missouri, U.S.
Financial crisis of 2007–2008-The Federal Reserve guaranteed Bear Stearns' bad loans to facilitate its acquisition by JPMorgan Chase
Monday Mar 17, 2008 - U.S.
Mona Lisa-Research in 2008
2008 - Urbino University, Urbino, Italy
Galileo Galilei-Nicola Cabibbo announced a plan to honor Galileo by erecting a statue of him inside the Vatican walls
Mar, 2008 - Vatican City
Visa Inc.-Visa sold 406 million shares at US$44 per share ($2 above the high end of the expected $37–42 pricing range), raising US$17.9 billion in the largest initial public offering in U.S. history
Tuesday Mar 18, 2008 - U.S.
Visa Inc.-the IPO underwriters exercised their overallotment option
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - U.S.
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth attended the first Maundy service
Thursday Mar 20, 2008 - Dublin, Ireland
Visa Inc.-Honor All Cards
Wednesday Mar 26, 2008 - Europe
Dwayne Johnson-Non-Wrestling Appearances
Saturday Mar 29, 2008 - U.S.
KFC-First in Cambodia
Apr, 2008 - Phnom Penh, Cambodia
YouTube-YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000
Monday Apr 7, 2008 - London, England, United Kingdom
Black Friday-Several major Canadian retailers ran Black Friday deals of their own to discourage shoppers from leaving Canada
2008 - Canada
Prince William-William deployment
Thursday Apr 10, 2008 - Afghanistan
Prince Harry-The Lieutenant
Sunday Apr 13, 2008 - England
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip was admitted to King Edward VII's Hospital
Apr, 2008 - England, United Kingdom
Francesco Totti-Season-ending injury
Saturday Apr 19, 2008 - Italy
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Accra Conference
Monday Apr 21, 2008 - Accra, Ghana
Nike, Inc.-Nike's Campaign at The Earth Day 2008
Tuesday Apr 22, 2008 - U.S.
Best Buy-U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fined the company $280,000
Saturday Apr 26, 2008 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Disasters with highest death tolls-Cyclone Nargis
Sunday Apr 27, 2008 - Myanmar
Huawei-Establishing a Technology research facility in Sydney
May, 2008 - Sydney, Australia
Colombian conflict-Extraditing the Jailed paramilitary leaders to the United States
May, 2008 - U.S.
Leaning Tower of Pisa-The Tower stopped moving for the first time in its History
2008 - Pisa, Italy
Bank of America-LaSalle Bank and LaSalle Bank Midwest branches adopted the Bank of America
Monday May 5, 2008 - U.S.
Vladimir Putin-Second premiership
Thursday May 8, 2008 - Moscow, Russia
Vodafone-Vodafone in Chile
Sunday May 11, 2008 - Santiago, Chile
Disasters with highest death tolls-2008 Sichuan Earthquake
Monday May 12, 2008 at 02:28:00 PM - Chengdu, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Tremors in Vietnam
Monday May 12, 2008 - Vitnam
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Russia
Monday May 12, 2008 - Tuva, Russia
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Start of rescue operations
Monday May 12, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Unaccepted offer
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Beijing accepted the aid of the Tzu Chi Foundation from Taiwan
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Beijing, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Ministry of Civil Affairs stated that 10.7 billion yuan had been donated by the Chinese public
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-15 Special Operations Troops parachuted into inaccessible Mao County
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - Mao County, Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-UNICEF reported that China formally requested the support of the international community to respond to the needs of affected families
Wednesday May 14, 2008 - New York City, New York, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Largest non-combat airlifting operation in People's Liberation Army history
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
Angelina Jolie-Kung Fu Panda
Thursday May 15, 2008 - United States
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Rescue groups from several countries
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-China stated it had also received $457 million in donated money and goods for rescue efforts
Friday May 16, 2008 - China
2008 Sichuan earthquake-Praising
Saturday May 17, 2008 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
2008 Sichuan earthquake-The Giving of Love
Sunday May 18, 2008 - Beijing, China