- 1808 – John Jacob Astor incorporates the American Fur Company, that would eventually make him America’s first millionaire.
- 1869 – Celluloid is patented.
- 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
- 1957 – Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis buys the Hellenic National Airlines (TAE) and founds Olympic Airlines.
- 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.