Racer Bob Burman died after crashing his race car in Corona, California.
The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
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.
Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
23 cars take part in the first Rally Monte Carlo.
Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.
The Ford Motor Company shipped the first Ford Model T to a customer.
The first Ford Model T car was assembled.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
The first Grand Prix car race is held.
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
Snow Chains Patented.
Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper.
Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
Opel builds its first automobile.
The Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the United States' first-ever car race, with the winning car going an average of 7 miles per hour.
World's first competitive motor race.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
Mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove his first automobile in Mannheim, Germany.
German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile.
Inventor Gottlieb Daimler filed for a patent for a two-wheel 'riding car,' or in other words, 'motorcycle.'
Gottlieb Daimler patents his engine design.
Oldsmobile is founded by Ransom Eli Olds of Olds Motor Works.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
The first traffic lights were installed in London.
