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HORAN History
100

On July 20, 1969, he took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.

Neil Armstrong

100

So what's the deal with this stand-up comic having the No. 1 show in 1998?

JERRY SEINFELD

100

Invented in 1956, this circular file was the best way to keep your contacts straight.

Rolodex

100

In 1948, he was hired as an insurance agent for the Great West Life Assurance Co.


JACK HORAN

200

The fall of this on November 9, 1989 paved the way for German reunification.

BERLIN WALL

200

With 8 husbands yet to come, in 1970 she began a 41-year run as Erica Kane on All My Children.

SUSAN LUCCI

200

Launched in the late 1990s, this “handy” device was responsible for ushering in the  smartphone era.

PALM PILOT

200

In 1963, Great West Life entered this business, selling variable annuities to employees of schools, hospitals & non profits.

403(b)

300

This policy, Russian for "openness" was begun by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.

GLASNOST

300

With a 60.2 rating in 1983, the finale of this sitcom is the highest-rated TV episode of all time.

M*A*S*H*

300

In 1984, Apple launched this, the first personal computer, with an advertisement during the Super Bowl.

MACINTOSH

300

It’s official! Horan Associates was officially incorporated in this year (and MTV officially launched).

1981

400

Belgium & France were among this organization's 1949 founders; West Germany joined in 1955.

NATO

400

This actor & his All in the Family character Archie Bunker, ruled from 1972 to 1976.

CARROLL O’CONNOR

400

This company held the dominant position in the photocopier industry during the 1960s & 70s.


Xerox

400

Movin’ on up!  This regional office was opened in 2010.


DAYTON

500

Following a military coup in the mid-1970s this nation granted independence to all of its colonies except Macau.

PORTUGAL

500

In 2016 Sunday Night Football blitzed the competition as Cris Collinsworth & this play-by-play man led the league.

AL MICHAELS

500

Portrayed in the 2014’s The Imitation Game, this computer scientist was responsible for breaking the German Enigma code in the 1940s.

ALAN TURING

500

2009 was the first year HORAN won this designation (and kept winning for the next 10 years).

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