Today in Entrepreneurial History: July 3
- 1884 – Dow Jones and Company publishes its first stock average.
- 1886 – Karl Benz officially unveils the Benz Patent Motorwagen – the first purpose-built automobile.
- 1886 – The New York Tribune becomes the first newspaper to use a linotype machine, eliminating typesetting by hand.
- 1938 – World speed record for a steam railway locomotive is set in England, by the Mallard, which reaches a speed of 126 miles per hour (203 km/h).
Today in Entrepreneurial History: July 4
- 1817 – At Rome, New York, United States, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
- 1837 – Grand Junction Railway, the world’s first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.
- 1886 – The first scheduled Canadian transcontinental train arrives in Port Moody, British Columbia.
- 1934 – Leo Szilard patents the chain-reaction design for the atomic bomb.
Today in Entrepreneurial History: July 5
- 1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
- 1951 – William Shockley invents the junction transistor.
- 1954 – The BBC broadcasts its first television news bulletin.
- 1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 1998 – Japan launches a probe to Mars, and thus joins the United States and Russia as a space exploring nation.