The San Francisco State University was founded on this day — March 22 — in 1899.
The first group of students started their studies on July 23, 1899. San Francisco State University gained status as a University on June 1, 1972.
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UC Berkeley
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Colorado College
Apple officially joined the DJIA Average
on this day in 2015
Apple officially joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average on this day – March 19 – in 2015.
The company replaced AT&T, which had been DJIA component since 1916. This move was effectuated by Apple’s seven-for-one stock split the previous year, which brought its share price into a range that wouldn’t overly distort the price-weighted index.
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America’s 10 largest companies in 2000
The 10 largest companies on the 2000 Fortune 500 list via CNN Money:
- General Motors
- Wal-Mart
- ExxonMobile
- Ford
- General Electric
- International Business Machines
- Citigroup
- AT&T
- Altria Group
- Boeing
Between 1990 and 2000 – three companies dropped out of the top 10: Chrysler; DuPont; and Texaco.
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Mark Carney was born
on this day in 1965
Mark Carney — the Canadian economist and politician who has served as the 24th Prime Minister of Canada since March 2025 — was born on this day — March 16, 1965 — in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
He is a graduate of Harvard University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics, and the University of Oxford, where he earned both a Master of Philosophy and a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics.
Prior to entering elective politics, Carney held the unique distinction of serving as the Governor of two different national central banks: the Bank of Canada (2008–2013) and the Bank of England (2013–2020). He also served as the United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance and as the Chair of Brookfield Asset Management.
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University of Lethbridge
Baltasar Ebang Engonga was born
on this day in 1970
Baltasar Ebang Engonga — the Equatorial Guinean economist and civil servant who served as the Director General of the National Agency for Financial Investigation (ANIF) — was born on this day — March 15, 1970.
He is a graduate of the National University of Equatorial Guinea (UNGE) in Malabo, where he earned a degree in Economics and Finance.
Engonga is a member of a prominent political family in Equatorial Guinea, being the son of Baltasar Engonga Edjoo, the former president of the CEMAC Commission. As the head of ANIF, Engonga was responsible for the nation’s financial intelligence operations, specifically the monitoring and prevention of money laundering and other financial crimes within the country’s economic infrastructure.
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