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  • 1 Jun 2009

    General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

  • 3 Aug 2008

    Morgan Freeman's car flipped over several times on the highway in Mississippi.

  • 20 Apr 2008

    Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.

  • 30 Jul 2003

    Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.

  • 1 Jul 2003

    Tesla Motors was incorporated in Palo Alto, California, US.

  • 5 Jun 1998

    A strike began at a General Motors parts factory.

  • 26 Feb 1993

    A car bomb explodes below the World Trade Center in New York.

  • 25 Aug 1991

    Michael Schumacher Makes His Formula One Debut.

  • 5 May 1989

    Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.

  • 9 Mar 1987

    The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.

  • 21 Jan 1981

    The iconic DeLorean sports car began production in Northern Ireland.

  • 16 Feb 1980

    The world's longest traffic jam from Lyon to Paris, France, extended a lengthy 104 miles (167 km).

  • 27 Mar 1979

    US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can't stop cars just to check the driver and their registration.

  • 1 Aug 1976

    Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda crashed in the German Grand Prix and was hospitalized with near-fatal burns.

  • 24 Oct 1973

    When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.

  • 17 Apr 1964

    Ford Mustang went on sale for the first time.

  • 22 Aug 1962

    France's President Charles de Gaulle Survives an Assassination Attempt.

  • 27 Jun 1955

    Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.

  • 11 Jun 1955

    More than 80 people die in the Le Mans car race disaster.

  • 30 Jun 1953

    The first Chevrolet Corvette was manufactured in the US.

  • 17 Jan 1953

    The Chevrolet Corvette sports car was presented for the first time at GM Motorama Auto Show in New York.

  • 14 Jul 1951

    Ferrari secured its first Grand Prix victory at the 1951 British Grand Prix.

  • 8 Mar 1950

    Volkswagen's iconic Type 2 Kombi first began production.

  • 24 Sep 1948

    Honda Motor Company is founded by Soichiro Honda.

  • 10 Jun 1947

    Swedish company Saab, previously known for making aircraft, produced their first automobile.

  • 7 Apr 1947

    Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.

  • 23 Mar 1945

    Shareholders of The Swallow Sidecar Company agreed to change its company name to Jaguar Cars Limited.

  • 29 Feb 1944

    Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.

  • 13 Jan 1942

    Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.

  • 30 Dec 1940

    California's first freeway, Arroyo Seco Parkway, officially opened to traffic.

  • 28 May 1937

    The German automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen, was founded.

  • 15 Feb 1936

    Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.

  • 13 Sep 1935

    Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.

  • 3 Sep 1935

    Sir Malcolm Campbell broke the world record speed exceeding 300 mph on the Bonneville Flats, Utah, US.

  • 16 Jul 1935

    Oklahoma City, USA, installed the world's first parking meter.

  • 26 Mar 1934

    Driving tests were introduced in the UK for the first time.

  • 25 Apr 1931

    Porsche was officially added to the commercial register in Germany.

  • 26 May 1927

    The last Ford Model T motor car was ceremoniously rolled off the assembly line.

  • 29 Mar 1927

    The Sunbeam 1000 HP broke the land speed record at the Daytona Beach race track in Florida.

  • 25 Sep 1926

    Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.

  • 28 Jun 1926

    Mercedes and Benz merged to form the brand name Mercedes-Benz.

  • 4 Jun 1924

    The Ford Motor Company manufactured its ten millionth car.

  • 26 May 1923

    The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.

  • 2 May 1918

    General Motors bought the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.

  • 8 Apr 1916

    Racer Bob Burman died after crashing his race car in Corona, California.

  • 5 Aug 1914

    The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.

  • 5 Jan 1914

    The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.

  • 3 Nov 1911

    Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.

  • 21 Jan 1911

    23 cars take part in the first Rally Monte Carlo.

  • 25 Aug 1910

    Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.

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