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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
(A History Lesson)
| LEGEND: n/c = name changed to m/i = merged into r/b = replaced by Original Dow Company Current Dow Company |
ORIGINAL DJIA -- October 1, 1928
Allied Chemical
(n/c Allied-Signal/1985, n/c AlliedSignal/1993)
American Can (n/c Primerica/1987)
r/b J.P.
Morgan & Co./1991
American Smelting (n/c ASARCO)
r/b Anaconda/1959 (m/i Atlantic
Richfield)
r/b Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing/1976
American Sugar (n/c Amstar Corp.)
r/b Borden/1930
r/b duPont/1935
American Tobacco (n/c American Brands)
r/b Eastman Kodak/1930
Atlantic Refining (n/c Atlantic Richfield)
r/b Goodyear/1930
r/b Intel/1999
Bethlehem Steel
r/b
Johnson &
Johnson/1997
Chrysler
r/b
International
Business Machines/1979
General Electric [STILL ON DOW LIST]
General Motors [STILL ON DOW LIST]
General Railway Signal (n/c General Signal)
r/b Liggett & Myers/1930 (n/c/
Liggett & Myers Group)
r/b/ American Tobacco/1932 (n/c
American Brands)
r/b McDonald's Corp/1985
Goodrich
r/b
Standard Oil of California/1930 (n/c Chevron Corp./1984)
r/b/ SBC Communications/1999
International Harvester (n/c Navistar International/1986)
r/b Caterpillar/1991
International Nickel (n/c INCO, Ltd./1976)
r/b Boeing Co./1987
Mack Truck (m/i Signal Cos.)
r/b Drug, Inc./1932 (n/c Dart Industries)
r/b Corn Products Refining/1933
(n/c CPC International)
r/b Swift & Co./1959 (n/c Esmark/1973)
r/b Merck/1979
Nash Motors (m/i American Motors)
r/b United Air Transport/1930 (n/c
UAL, Inc.)
r/b Procter & Gamble/1932
North American (m/i Union Electric)
r/b Johns-Manville/1930 (n/c Manville
Corp./1981)
r/b American Express/1982
Paramount Publix (m/i Gulf &
Western)
r/b Loew's/1932
r/b International Paper/1956
Postum, Inc. (n/c General Foods/1929)
m/i and r/b Philip Morris/1985
Radio Corp. (n/c RCA)
r/b Nash Motors/1932 (n/c Nash-Kelvinator/1937)
r/b United Aircraft/1939 (n/c United Technologies/1975)
Sears, Roebuck &
Co.
r/b Home Depot/1999
Standard Oil of New Jersey (n/c Exxon Corp./1972)
Texas Corp. (n/c Texaco, Inc./1959)
r/b Hewlett-Packard/1997
Texas Gulf Sulpher (n/c Texas Gulf)
r/b International Shoe/1932 (n/c
INTERCO, Inc.)
r/b United Aircraft/1933 (n/c United
Technologies)
r/b National Distillers/1934
r/b Owens-Illinois Glass/1959 (n/c
Owens-Illinois, Inc./1965)
r/b Coca-Cola Co./1987
Union Carbide Corp.
r/b Microsoft/1999
U.S. Steel (n/c USX Corp./1986)
r/b Disney (Walt)/1991
Victor Talking Machine (m/i RCA Corp.)
r/b National Cash Register/1929
(n/c NCR Corp.)
r/b IBM/1932
r/b American Telephone & Telegraph/1939
r/b New American Tel. &
Tel./1984 (breakup) (n/c AT&T Corp./1994)
Westinghouse Electric
r/b
Travelers Group/1997 (m/i Citicorp/1998, n/c Citigroup, Inc./1998)
Woolworth, (F.W.)
Co.
r/b Wal-Mart Stores/1997
Wright Aeronautical (m/i Curtiss-Wright)
r/b Curtiss Wright/1929
r/b Hudson Motor/1930 (m/i American
Motors)
r/b Coca-Cola/1932
r/b National Steel/1935
r/b Aluminum Co. of America/1959
(n/c Alcoa, Inc./1999)
