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March 1:
- 1947 - The International Monetary Fund, begins financial operations
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March 2:
- 1929 - Donald Gosling, English admiral and businessman, was born on this day.
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March 3:
- 1901 - George Gilman, American businessman, founder of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, died on this day.
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March 4:
- 1926 - Richard DeVos, American businessman, co-founder of Amway, was born on this day.
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March 5:
- 1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-American businessman, founder of Buick, died on this day.
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March 6:
- 1812 - Aaron Lufkin Dennison, American businessman, co-founder of the Waltham Watch Company, was born on this day.
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March 7:
- 1927 - Henri Landwirth, a Belgian-American businessman and philanthropist, founder of the Give Kids The World Village, was born on this day.
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March 8:
- 1822 - Ignacy Łukasiewicz, a Polish inventor and businessman, invented the Kerosene lamp, was born on this day.
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March 9:
- 1935 - Andrew Viterbi, an American engineer and businessman, co-founder of Qualcomm Inc., was born on this day.
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March 10:
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March 11:
- 1819 - Henry Tate, an English businessman and philanthropist, founder of Tate & Lyle, was born on this day.
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March 12:
- 2009 - Financier Bernard Madoff pleads guilty in New York to scamming $18 billion, the largest in Wall Street history.
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March 13:
- 1920 - Ralph J. Roberts, an American businessman, co-founder of Comcast Communications, was born on this day.
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March 14:
- 1874 - Anton Philips, a Dutch businessman, co-founder of Philips Electronics, was born on this day.
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March 15:
- 1887 - Marjorie Merriweather Post, an American businesswoman, founder of General Foods, was born on this day.
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March 16:
- 1952 - Philippe Kahn, French businessman, co-founder of Fullpower Technologies, LightSurf Technologies, Starfish Software and Borland, was born on this day.
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March 17:
- 1834 - Gottlieb Daimler, a German engineer and businessman, co-founder of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, was born on this day.
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March 18:
- 1944 - Dick Smith, Australian publisher and businessman, founder of Dick Smith Electronics and Australian Geographic, was born on this day.
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March 19:
- 1982 - Eduardo Saverin, a Brazilian-American businessman, co-founder of Facebook, was born on this day.
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March 20:
- 1855 - Joseph Aspdin, an English cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement, died on this day.
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March 21:
- 1921 - The New Economic Policy is implemented by the Bolshevik Party in response to the economic failure as a result of War Communism.
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March 22:
- 1913 - Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent, was born on this day.
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March 23:
- 1951 - Adrian Reynard, an English businessman, founder of Reynard Motorsport, was born on this day.
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March 24:
- 1829 - George Francis Train, an American entrepreneur who organized the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier in the United States in 1864 to construct the eastern portion of the Transcontinental Railroad, was born on this day.
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March 25:
- 1957 - The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
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March 26:
- 1973 - Larry Page, an American computer scientist, Internet entrepreneur and co-founder of Google Inc., was born on this day.
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March 27:
- 1952 - Kiichiro Toyoda, a Japanese businessman, founder of Toyota, died on this day.
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March 28:
- 2013 - Robert Zildjian, an American businessman and founder of Sabian, died on this day.
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March 29:
- 1918 - Sam Walton, an American businessman, founder of Walmart and Sam's Club, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/March 30
March 30:
- 1926 - Ingvar Kamprad, a Swedish businessman, founder of IKEA, was born on this day.
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March 31:
- 1913 - J. P. Morgan, an American banker and financier, founder of J.P. Morgan & Co., died on this day.