For: Hilton Hotels Corporation

The Hilton brand was re-united internationally after more than 40 years in February 2006, when United States-based Hilton Hotels Corporation purchased the lodging arm of United Kingdom-based Hilton Group PLC, which had acquired Hilton's international operations in 1987 (the companies had been severed originally in 1966).Fact: date=March 2008

History

Founded in 1919 by Conrad Hilton. Hilton bought his first hotel, the Mobley Hotel, in 1919 in Cisco, Texas.

In 1930, Conrad Hilton opened his first high-rise Hilton hotel in El Paso, Texas, which is currently called the Plaza Hotel.

In 1954 Hilton hotels bought the Statler Hotel chain, making it the largest hospitality company in the world.

The Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago was scene of the 1968 Democratic Convention riots that occurred across the street in Grant Park. The hotels doors were locked for the first time in its history. The hotel still suffered minor damage as a result of the violence outside as the street level windows gave way under the weight of hundreds of protesters on the street during the ensuing riot.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first Bed-In for Peace between March 25, 1969 and March 31, 1969 at the Amsterdam Hilton in Room 702. This room became a popular tourist destination.Fact: date=September 2008

This Amsterdam Hilton hotel was also the location where in 1991 Dutch drugs kingpin Klaas Bruinsma, once the No. 1 drugsdealer of Europe, was assassinated in front of (the Hilton's bar was a favorite gathering place for Amsterdam underworld figures during the 1980s) and where Dutch artist Herman Brood committed suicide on July 11, 2001, by jumping from the roof. One of his favourite bars was located in this hotel, only a walking distance from his home.Fact: date=September 2008

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