Armour & Company was an American company and was one
of the  five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was
founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by
Philip Danforth Armour Sr. 

In connection with its meatpacking operations, the company
also ventured into pharmaceuticals (Armour Pharmaceuticals)
and soap manufacturing, introducing Dial soap in 1948.

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Philip Danforth Armour Sr.
(16 May 1832 – 6 January 1901)

On September 13, 1963, Texas-born entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash
launched a cosmetic company in Dallas with her $5,000 life
savings and the help of her 20-year-old son Richard Rogers.

Mary Kay Inc. would become a cosmetic empire with revenue of
more than $3.5 billion and salespeople in dozens of countries.

1982

Mary Kay Ash (born Mary Kathlyn Wagner)
(May 12, 1918 – November 22, 2001)

Milton Snavely Hershey
(September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945)

Milton Snavely Hershey, a German-speaking Mennonite
farmer who turned his passion for confections into a
symbol of American affluence and goodwill, was born
in Derry Township, Penn. 

"Milton Hershey was the rarest of men — both a dreamer
and a builder," notes his biography at the Candy Hall of
Fame, into which the chocolatier was inducted in 1972.

He founded both the Hershey Chocolate Co. and the
Milton Hershey School.

The school, which he opened in 1910 to educate orphans,
thrives today as a prominent free educational institution
serving underprivileged students.

The Hershey Company, known as Hershey’s, is one of
the world’s biggest confectionery manufacturers.

Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen
(7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958)

In 1932, Ole founded the construction toy company The Lego
Group. He toiled away in Billund, Denmark, for decades before
creating Leg Godt, which means “play well.” His workshop was destroyed by fire twice. He endured bankruptcy and a world war
that caused a shortage of materials.

Finally, in the late 1940s, Ole Christiansen landed on the idea for
self-locking plastic bricks. By the time Ole Kirk died in 1958,
Legos was on the verge of becoming a household word.

On August 21, 1980, animal rights advocates Ingrid Newkirk (below) 
and Alex Pacheco founded People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals. Rising from humble beginnings, PETA will soon become
the world’s foremost and most controversial animal rights
organization.

Ingrid Elizabeth Newkirk (73).

Alexander Fernando Pacheco (64),