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[edit] BNA Outline

- The New Labor Law
  - Jan. 23, 1947: The National Labor Relations Act (Taft Hartley Act), which created the National Labor Relations Board, is passed over President Harry Truman's veto
    - BNA's book "The New Labor Law," is issued the same day, sells 20,000 copies.

1950s
- Federal Controls
- June 1950: North Koreanforces invade South Korea.
- BNA's Federal Controls, launched in 1951, covers price controls instituted for the Korean "conflict."

November 30, 1951
- - First dividend is paid to BNA stockholders $2/share;
  - First profit sharing of $3 per unit to all employees

1960s'
- July 1964: Congress passed the Civil Rights Act; BNA's book on how the Act affects business sells more than 2,000 copies in the first 3 weeks.
- May 9, 1966: American Newspaper Guild strikes BNA over union security; strike ends after 208 days (Baltimore Washington Newspaper Guild.)

1970s'
- April 22, 1970: Earth Day is celebrated worldwide.
- May 1, 1970: BNA launches Environment Reporter
- Spring 1971: Occupational Safety & Health Act, which created the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, becomes effective; BNA's Occupational Safety & Health Reporter is launched a week later; subscriptions reach almost 7,000 by year end.
- December 1, 1979 Bill Beltz suceeds John Stewart as BNA President.

1980s
- 1981: IBM introduces its first computer. Although few can yet conceive it, personal computing will forever alter the print publishing industry.
- November 17, 1981: BNA International is established in London.
- Fall 1982: BNA goes online on Lexis/Nexis and launches PatLaw as first online service.
- December 31, 1983: BNA revenues first top the $100 million mark
- January 1984: BNA Software division is established to create tax-related products
- April 25, 1984: For the second time in two years, employee-owners reject a plan by International Thomson Organisation, Ltd., to acquire BNA.
- August 1984: BNA acquires Pike & Fischer, Inc. a legal publishing company in Bethesda, MD.
- December 21, 1984: BNA purchases McArdle Printing Company, Inc.

1990s
- July 26, 1990: President George Bush signs the [1] Americans with Disabilities Act; BNA launches the ADA Manual in 1992.
- October 1990: Working Mother magazine first lists BNA as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers."
- August 21, 1991: The Soviet Union is dissolved and the Commonwealth of Independent States is created; BNA's Eastern Europe Reporter begins publication on October 28.
- January 1993: President Bill Clinton is inaugurated after a campaign stressing health insurance issues. BNA's Health Care Policy Report begins publication on March 8.
- February 1995: Paul Wojcik succeeds Bill Beltz to become BNA's 4th president.
- 1997: BNA celebrates 50 years of employee ownership
- October 1997: Money & Politics is launched to cover growing movement for campaign finance reform.
- October 20, 1997: BNA acquires IOMA (Institute of Management and Administration, Inc.) a NY-based newsletter publisher.
- January 1998: Fortune magazine names BNA to its list of "The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America."

2000s
- BNA acquires STF
- BNA acquires Kennedy Information
- 2000: BNA wins the Business Ethics 100 Award for employee ownership.
- 2007 More than 50% of BNA publications are delivered electronically. With the advent of email and push technology updates alerting customers almost immediately of new legislative developments, BNA's tag line "Every Business Day" could be restated as "Every Business Hour."