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  • Hewlett-Packard (category Computer companies established in 1939)
    Most Admired Companies in 2010, placing it No. 2 in the computer industry and No. 32 overall in its list of the top 50. This year in the computer industry
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  • Bonneville Power Administration (category Companies based in Portland, Oregon)
    Trail in Federal Way, Washington, a walking trail built beneath power transmission lines. The position title varied in the early years as shown in the reference;
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  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (category Government agencies established in 1908) (section Notable efforts in the 1990s)
    American Left. In 1939, the Bureau began compiling a custodial detention list with the names of those who would be taken into custody in the event of war
    125 KB (12,649 words) - 22:16, 14 March 2025
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (category Government agencies established in 1901)
    Coast Survey in 1836 and the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1878—in the United States Department of the Treasury. In 1901, in response to a
    50 KB (4,828 words) - 22:12, 14 March 2025
  • General Electric (category American companies established in 1892) (section Notable appearances in media)
    Motor Company in the same year. The consolidation did not involve all of the companies established by Edison; notably, the Edison Illuminating Company, which
    179 KB (15,959 words) - 07:02, 4 February 2025
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (category Universities and colleges established in 1861) (section Computer and applied sciences)
    major breakthrough in the development of computer graphics in general. VisiCalc – first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, originally released
    217 KB (21,292 words) - 22:12, 14 March 2025
  • org/impact.  "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1939". The Nobel Prize organization. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1939/summary/.  Hiltzik, Michael
    66 KB (5,737 words) - 22:44, 25 February 2025
  • Northrop Grumman (category American companies established in 1994) (section Affiliated companies and partners)
    and Stealth bombers. Founded in California in 1939 by Jack Northrop, the Northrop Corporation was reincorporated in Delaware in 1985. Northrop made a series
    87 KB (9,042 words) - 23:03, 21 February 2025
  • Merchant Marine (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template) (section In popular culture)
    Point in New York, Fort Eustis in the James River in Virginia, Wilmington, North Carolina, Mobile, Alabama, Beaumont, Texas; Benicia in Suisun Bay in California
    93 KB (10,928 words) - 20:52, 10 April 2025
  • Coast Guard (category Articles with invalid date parameter in template) (section Women in the Coast Guard)
    Deployable Operations Group (DOG) was a Coast Guard command established in July 2007. The DOG established a single command authority to rapidly provide the Coast
    147 KB (14,898 words) - 00:50, 11 February 2025
  • General Dynamics (category American companies established in 1893) (section Aviation in the 1960s)
    Dynamics' community contributions in 2021 were 70% in Education & Social Services, 18% in Arts & Culture, and 12% in Service Member Support. General Dynamics
    72 KB (7,032 words) - 01:14, 11 February 2025
  • General Motors (category American companies established in 1908) (section Tool and die strike of 1939)
    breakthrough in heat treating still in use today as ASTM A255. GM established Detroit Diesel the next year. In 1939, the company founded Motors Insurance
    161 KB (15,819 words) - 23:23, 7 February 2025
  • California Institute of Technology (category Universities and colleges established in 1891) (section In media and popular culture)
    chromosome in heredity. In 1930, Kerckhoff Marine Laboratory was established in Corona del Mar under the care of Professor George MacGinitie. In 1926, a graduate
    146 KB (14,330 words) - 17:32, 3 February 2025
  • Postal Inspection Service (category Organizations established in 1772)
    Inspection Service first established a crime lab in 1940. Today, the National Forensic Laboratory is located in Dulles, Virginia in a two-story, 44,000-square-foot
    52 KB (5,981 words) - 22:49, 11 April 2025
  • National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (category Government agencies established in 1996)
    need for charts grew. The Army Air Corps established its map unit, which was renamed ACP in 1943 and was located in St. Louis, Missouri. ACP was known as
    53 KB (4,912 words) - 22:10, 14 March 2025
  • Virginia (category States and territories established in 1788)
    developed in legal cases like those of John Punch in 1640 and John Casor in 1655. Laws passed in Jamestown defined slavery as race-based in 1661, as inherited
    281 KB (27,778 words) - 22:08, 14 March 2025
  • Michigan (category States and territories established in 1837)
    IBM Personal Computer started selling in the state, in which became mostly used at work. Michigan became the leading auto-producing state in the U.S., with
    185 KB (17,022 words) - 22:58, 12 February 2025
  • World War II (category Conflicts in 1939) (section War breaks out in Europe (1939–1940))
    counter-offensive in early 1940. In August, Chinese communists launched an offensive in Central China; in retaliation, Japan instituted harsh measures in occupied
    249 KB (26,183 words) - 22:17, 14 March 2025
  • AT&T (category American companies established in 1983) (section Landline operating companies)
    cable companies in the early 1990s.[citation needed] In the latter half of the 1990s, the company acquired several other telecommunications companies, including
    157 KB (14,082 words) - 22:15, 14 March 2025
  • Library of Congress (category Government agencies established in 1800) (section 1897–1939: Post-reorganization)
    roles in the postwar world: the mission in San Francisco assisted participants in the meeting that established the United Nations, the mission in Europe
    88 KB (9,083 words) - 17:33, 3 February 2025
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