Wednesday, September 16, 1908: The General Motors Corporation is founded in Flint, Michigan. The holding company was the brainchild of American car pioneer William C. Durant. Durant, who at the time was the general manager of Buick, had convinced Canadian Samuel McLaughlin to bring his manufacturer, McLaughlin Car Company of Canada, into Durant’s joint venture. GM was the largest automotive producer in the world from 1931 to the end of 2007.

Thursday, September 16 , 1920: The infamous Wall Street Bombing takes place at 23 Wall Street, the headquarters of the J.P. Morgan Bank in New York. The horse drawn cart laden with 100 lbs of dynamite and 500 lbs of lead slugs killing 38 and injuring 143. The attack was the work of Italian Anarchists/Anti-Capitalists known as the Galleanist Anarchists.

Wednesday, September 16, 1959: The first photocopier is unveiled in New York. The Xerox 914 is considered to be one of the most significant leaps in office computing and technology at the time. However, it was also known to have caught fire when being overused.

Tuesday, September 16, 1997: Steve Jobs is named CEO of Apple after his company NeXT Computers is acquired by Apple. Jobs had originally founded the company in 1976 along with Steve Wozniak. Jobs was replaced by former Pepsi CEO John Sculley during a 1985 internal power struggle.