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What looked like a political formality was, in reality, a large and carefully negotiated economic deal.

On December 29, 1845, the Republic of Texas ceased to exist when the U.S. Congress admitted it as the 28th state. Behind the ceremony was a transaction shaped by land, debt, trade access, and long term leverage. Texas entered the Union with unique terms that influenced federal expansion, resource economics, and the business logic of scale in a growing nation.

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Retail did not always assume it had permission to interrupt a holiday.

On December 25, 1867, R.H. Macy kept his New York store open on Christmas Day, breaking with tradition and reframing the holiday as a moment for commerce as well as celebration. The decision helped redefine shopping as entertainment, normalized convenience over closure, and set patterns that still shape consumer expectations, seasonal marketing, and the economics of retail labor.

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What started as a small printing error turned into a lesson in how brands earn trust without trying to sell anything.

On December 24, 1955, a misprinted Sears advertisement sent children’s calls for Santa to a U.S. Air Defense Command phone line. Instead of shutting it down, Colonel Harry Shoup and his team chose to play along, transforming a potential embarrassment into what became the NORAD Santa Tracker. The decision quietly evolved into a global tradition and a lasting example of how empathy, timing, and restraint can create more brand value than any planned campaign.

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For years, Wall Street and corporate America assumed complexity meant sophistication and safety.

On December 23, 2001, thousands of Enron employees lost their jobs as the once-celebrated energy company collapsed under the weight of accounting manipulation and executive deception. The failure did more than destroy a company. It exposed deep weaknesses in auditing, governance, and oversight, ultimately reshaping corporate regulation and forcing businesses to confront how trust is built and lost.

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This is the moment American business was forced to rethink who work was really for.

On December 18, 1944, the U.S. War Manpower Commission announced that women made up more than 40 percent of the civilian workforce. With millions of men deployed overseas, businesses rapidly restructured hiring, training, management, and production, changes that permanently reshaped labor strategy, human resources, and how companies thought about productivity and talent.

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This is the moment animation stopped being just entertainment and became a scalable business empire.

On December 17, 1989, The Simpsons premiered on Fox, turning a risky network experiment into one of the most valuable intellectual properties in television history. What began as short sketches evolved into a global franchise built on licensing, syndication, and brand monetization, reshaping how media companies thought about creative IP, longevity, and profit.

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This is the moment ordinary workers proved that banking did not have to belong only to the wealthy or the powerful.

On December 16, 1908, mill workers in Manchester, New Hampshire opened St. Mary’s Bank, the first credit union in the United States. Built on trust, shared ownership, and community responsibility, it gave working families access to savings and loans for the first time and challenged how financial institutions defined risk, value, and profit.

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Welcome to bsnsHistory - the daily podcast that finds the turning points behind the headlines.  

Every Monday through Thursday, we tell the short stories of how business reshaped the world.

And on Fridays?  Those are for the bsnsBloopers - the stories that went completely off the rails.