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October 1:
- 1881 - William Boeing, an American aviation pioneer who founded The Boeing Company, was born on this day.
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October 2:
- 1929 - Peter Bronfman, a Canadian businessman and entrepreneur, born in Montreal, and member of the Toronto branch of Canada's wealthy Bronfman family, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 3
October 3:
- 1999 - Akio Morita, a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 4
October 4:
- 1922 - Shin Kyuk-ho, founder of the Lotte group, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 5
October 5:
- 1983 - Earl Tupper, an American born-Costa Rican businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 6
October 6:
- 1951 - Will Keith Kellogg, an American industrialist in food manufacturing, best known as the founder of the Kellogg Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 7
October 7:
- 1951 - Anton Philips, co-founder of Royal Philips Electronics N.V., died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 8
October 8:
- 1960 - Reed Hastings, co-founder of Netflix, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 9
October 9:
- 1873 - Charles Rudolph Walgreen, an American businessman who founded Walgreens, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 10
October 10:
- 1877 - William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield, founder of Morris Motors Limited, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 11
October 11:
- 1844 - Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founder of the H. J. Heinz Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 12
October 12:
- 1868 - August Horch, German engineer and businessman, founder of Audi, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 13
October 13:
- 1945 - Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founder of The Hershey Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 14
October 14:
- 1928 - Frank E. Resnik, chairman and CEO of Phillip Morris USA, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 15
October 15:
- 1949 - Prannoy Roy, co-founder and executive co-chairperson of New Delhi Television (NDTV), was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 16
October 16:
- 1959 - Marc Collins-Rector, American businessman, founder of Digital Entertainment Network, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 17
October 17:
- 2012 - Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founder of Energy Conversion Devices, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 18
October 18:
- 1966 - Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founder of Elizabeth Arden, Inc., died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 19
October 19:
- 1897 - George Pullman, American engineer and businessman, founder of the Pullman Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 20
October 20:
- 1953 - Richard McWilliam, American businessman, co-founder of the Upper Deck Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 21
October 21:
- 1953 - Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee Titans, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 22
October 22:
- 1821 - Collis Potter Huntington, one of the Big Four of western railroading, built the Central Pacific Railroad, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 23
October 23:
- 2007 - John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founder of Crazy John's, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 24
October 24:
- 1944 - Louis Renault, French businessman, co-founder of the Renault Company, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 25
October 25:
- 1864 - John Francis Dodge, American businessman, co-founder of the Dodge Company, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 26
October 26:
- 1854 - C. W. Post, American businessman, founder of Post Foods, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 27
October 27:
- 1811 - Isaac Singer, American businessman, founder of the Singer Corporation, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 28
October 28:
- 1955 - Bill Gates, American businessman, co-founder of Microsoft, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 29
October 29:
- 1972 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founder of Livedoor, was born on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 30
October 30:
- 2007 - Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and rock music manager, died on this day.
Portal:Business/On this day/October 31
October 31:
- 1875 - Eugene Meyer, an American financier, public official, and Washington Post publisher, was born on this day.