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1 Oct 1908
The Ford Motor Company shipped the first Ford Model T to a customer.
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27 Sep 1908
The first Ford Model T car was assembled.
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16 Sep 1908
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
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12 Aug 1908
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
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26 Jun 1906
The first Grand Prix car race is held.
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31 Jan 1905
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
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23 Aug 1904
Snow Chains Patented.
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10 Nov 1903
Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper.
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16 Jun 1903
Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
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25 Apr 1901
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
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13 Sep 1899
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
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21 Jan 1899
Opel builds its first automobile.
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28 Nov 1895
The Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the United States' first-ever car race, with the winning car going an average of 7 miles per hour.
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22 Jul 1894
World's first competitive motor race.
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26 Jun 1894
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
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20 Sep 1893
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
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3 Jul 1886
Mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove his first automobile in Mannheim, Germany.
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29 Jan 1886
German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile.
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29 Aug 1885
Inventor Gottlieb Daimler filed for a patent for a two-wheel 'riding car,' or in other words, 'motorcycle.'
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3 Apr 1885
Gottlieb Daimler patents his engine design.
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21 Aug 1879
Oldsmobile is founded by Ransom Eli Olds of Olds Motor Works.
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8 May 1879
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
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9 Dec 1868
The first traffic lights were installed in London.
