ExxonMobil is an American multinational oil and gas company with headquarters in Texas, and one of the largest publicly traded energy firms in the world. It traces its roots to John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, which was broken up by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1911 into separate companies, among them Standard Oil of New Jersey, later Exxon, and Standard Oil Company of New York, later Mobil. Exxon and Mobil merged in 1999 to form the present company. It explores for and produces oil and natural gas on several continents and operates refineries and chemical plants, and it has often been at the center of public debate over climate change and environmental accidents such as the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989.
Before and after
- from 22 September 1999 to 14 May 2006Premiere of The West Wing
- 26 September 1999Founding of G20
- 6 October 1999Discovery of Callirrhoe
- 5 November 1999Discovery of HD 209458 b
- 30 November 1999Founding of ExxonMobil
- 30 November 19991999 Seattle WTO protests
- 1 December 1999Construction of Burj al-Arab
- from 24 December 1999 to 4 September 2026Premiere of Happy Tree Friends
- 31 December 1999Construction of London Eye
More in Art, literature & culture
- 29 October 1947Founding of Şalom
- from 13 August 1961 to 9 November 1989Construction of Berlin Wall
- c. 1970sRise of rapping
- 1 May 1999Premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants
- 4 January 2010Construction of Burj Khalifa
- from 17 April 2011 to 19 May 2019Premiere of Game of Thrones
The era
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