General Electric close to being booted from Dow. Talk about destroying an over a century long legacy...
GE was one of the first components when the Dow debuted in 1897. Back then, the average included just a dozen companies. GE was removed and added back several times. It returned to the Dow in 1907 and has been there ever since.
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/investing/ge-stock-dow-exit/index.html