First live, direct-from-the-floor commodity report in broadcast history: “Bob O’Brien Commodity Report.” Posted: August 9, 1977 / Timeline
Posted: August 9, 1972 / Timeline Robert O’Brien, Sr. made Director and Secretary of the new International Monetary Market upon creation of the world’s first financial futures.
John V. McCarthy company name officially changed to R.J. O’Brien & Associates (RJO). Posted: August 9, 1969 / Timeline
Robert O’Brien, Sr. elected Chairman of the Board of CME and served two consecutive one-year terms through 1968. Posted: August 9, 1967 / Timeline
An RJO employee, 22-year-old Sandra Stephens, becomes the first woman ever to work on the floor of CME. Posted: August 9, 1966 / Timeline
Robert O’Brien, Sr. elected Second Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Posted: August 8, 1966 / Timeline