1884 - John H. Patterson founded the National Cash Register Company and built the first mechanical cash register.
1906 - Charles F. Kettering designs the world's first electric cash register.
1952 - NCR acquires Hawthorne Computer Research Corporation (CRC), a California-based manufacturer of digital computers for aerospace use.
1953 - NCR establishes the Electronics Division to continue exploring electronic application systems for a variety of commercial computers.
1974 - The company's name is changed to NCR Corporation.
1982 - The first NCR Tower ultramicrocomputer is introduced, and NCR becomes a pioneer in the introduction of industry standards and open systems architecture.
1991 - Acquired by AT&T.
1991 - NCR acquires Teradata Corporation, acquiring its advanced and unique commercial parallel processing technology. The NCR Teradata database became the most prestigious and powerful data warehousing in the world.
1994 - NCR changes its name to AT&T Global Information Solutions (GIS).
1995 - AT&T announced that AT&T GIS would become independent by the end of 1996.
1996 - AT&T GIS is renamed NCR and is expected to separate from AT&T in January 1997 and become an independent, publicly listed company.
1997 - NCR acquires 8 Compris Technologies, a leading provider of store automation and management software to the food service industry, and Dataworks, a developer of check processing software, thus completing the transformation of the business from a pure hardware supplier Transform into a total solutions provider.
1998 - NCR completed its business transformation and sold its computer hardware manufacturing assets to Solectron Corporation, further establishing NCR's market positioning of developing distinctive software and service products.
2000 - NCR acquires Ceres Integrated Solutions, a provider of customer relationship management solutions, and 4Front Technologies, a services company, further expanding NCR's solution offerings in mainstream markets.
2003 - NCR Signature Recognizer patented.