{"slug": "john-d-rockefeller", "label": "John D. Rockefeller", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_D._Rockefeller", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160278", "qid": "Q160278", "description": "American industrialist and philanthropist (1839–1937)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1839, 1937], "span_label": ["1839 CE", "1937 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "great-lakes", "label": "Great Lakes", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 8", "text": "July 8 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist, philanthropist (d. 1937)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360384794#July–December", "title": "1839", "revid": 1360384794, "section": "Births › July–December"}}, {"year": 1867, "year_label": "1867 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 18", "text": "December 18 – Angola Horror (Buffalo, New York-area train wreck): The fiery death of 49 people leads John D. Rockefeller to develop and sell his Mineral Seal 300 F Fire-Tested Burning Oil, and George Westinghouse to invent the railway air brake, which is mandated in the United States in 1893.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365231456#December", "title": "1867", "revid": 1365231456, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1870, "year_label": "1870 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362496807#January", "title": "1870", "revid": 1362496807, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "c. November – The South Improvement Company is formed in Pennsylvania by John D. Rockefeller and a group of major United States railroad interests, in an early effort to organize and control the American petroleum industry.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#October–December", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1882, "year_label": "1882 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "January 2", "text": "January 2 – The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360586433#January", "title": "1882", "revid": 1360586433, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "July 7", "text": "July 7 – The Great Lakes Towing Company is incorporated by John D. Rockefeller and William G. Mather to acquire more than 150 tugboats to control shipping in four of the North American Great Lakes and quickly builds a monopoly on Great Lakes traffic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#July", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1913, "year_label": "1913 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – New York Governor William Sulzer approves the charter for the Rockefeller Foundation, which begins operations with a $100,000,000 donation from John D. Rockefeller.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373505613#May", "title": "1913", "revid": 1373505613, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1916, "year_label": "1916 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "September 29", "text": "September 29 – John D. Rockefeller becomes the first person to reach a nominal personal fortune of US$1 billion", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519106#September", "title": "1916", "revid": 1373519106, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1937, "year_label": "1937 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 23", "text": "May 23 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist, philanthropist (b. 1839)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371759714#May", "title": "1937", "revid": 1371759714, "section": "Deaths › May"}}]}