Portal:Business/On this day/December 1
December 1:
- 1911 - Calvin Griffith, Major League Baseball team owner, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 2
December 2:
- 1930 - In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Herbert Hoover proposes a US$150 million public works program to help generate jobs and stimulate the economy.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 3
December 3:
- 1842 - Charles Alfred Pillsbury, founder of the Pillsbury Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 4
December 4:
- 1935 - Paul O'Neill, prior to his term as Secretary of the Treasury, was chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh-based industrial giant Alcoa and chairman of the RAND Corporation, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 5
December 5:
- 1879 - Clyde Vernon Cessna, American pilot and businessman, founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 6
December 6:
- 1917 - Irv Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 7
December 7:
- 2004 - Jay Van Andel, co-founder of Amway, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 8
December 8:
- 1861 - William C. Durant, founder of General Motors and Chevrolet, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 9
December 9:
- 1886 - Clarence Birdseye, founder of Birds Eye, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 10
December 10:
- 1920 - Horace Elgin Dodge, co-founder of Dodge, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 11
December 11:
- 1889 - Walter Knott, an American farmer who created the Knott's Berry Farm amusement park in California and made Knott's Berry Farm jelly, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 12
December 12:
- 1927 - Robert Noyce, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel Corporation, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 13
December 13:
- 1992 - Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney, co-founder of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, founder of the Hudbay Minerals, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 14
December 14:
- 1944 - Graham Kirkham, Baron Kirkham, founder of DFS, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 15
December 15:
- 1861 - Charles Duryea, co-founder of the Duryea Motor Wagon Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 16
December 16:
- 1945 - Giovanni Agnelli, founder of the Fiat Automobile Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 17
December 17:
- 1937 - Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, founder of World Series Cricket, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 18
December 18:
- 1934 - Marc Rich, founder of Glencore Xstrata, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 19
December 19:
- 2012 - Lawrie Barratt, founder of Barratt Developments, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 20
December 20:
- 1971 - Roy O. Disney, co-founder of The Walt Disney Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 21
December 21:
- 2007 - Ken Hendricks, founder of ABC Supply, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 22
December 22:
- 1920 - The GOELRO economic development plan is adopted by the 8th Congress of Soviets of the Russian SFSR.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 23
December 23:
- 1867 - Madam C. J. Walker, businesswoman and philanthropist, founder of the Madame C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 24
December 24:
- 1999 - Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, Inc, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 25
December 25:
- 1870 - Helena Rubinstein, cosmetics entrepreneur, founder of Helena Rubinstein, Incorporated, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 26
December 26:
- 2002 - Armand Zildjian, founder of the Avedis Zildjian Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 27
December 27:
- 1900 - William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, founder of Armstrong Whitworth, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 28
December 28:
- 1932 - Dhirubhai Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 29
December 29:
- 1937 - Wayne Huizenga, founder of AutoNation, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 30
December 30:
- 1983 - Kevin Systrom, co-founder of Instagram, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/December 31
December 31:
- 1860 - Joseph S. Cullinan, co-founder of Texaco, was born on this day.