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2005 Harold Kalin, singer, member of pop music duo with brother Herbert 'Herbie' Kalin, dies from automobile accident injuries, at age 71

1992 Stephen Albert, composer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1985, for symphony 'RiverRun', won Grammy Award 1995 for 'Cello Concerto', killed in an automobile accident in Cape Cod, Massachusetts

1988 Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile

1988 Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile

1958 Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck

1957 Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix

1955 Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God

1955 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois

1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing

1955 1st automobile seat belt legislation enacted, Illinois

1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City)

1939 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill

1937 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)

1937 1st automobile/airplane combination tested, Santa Monica, Ca

1935 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed

1929 Karl Friedrich Benz, automobile engineer (Mercedes), dies at 84

1927 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile

1924 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile

1915 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile

1914 U.S. Post Office 1st used an automobile to collect and deliver mail

1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc

1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris

1904 Automobile tire chain patented

1903 Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter

1903 1st coast-to-coast automobile trip (SF-NY) completed

1903 1st automobile trip across U.S. from San Francisco to New York, ended April 1

1902 American Automobile Association, AAA, founded in Cleveland, Ohio

1900 1st U.S. automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City)

1899 Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)

1898 Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)

1898 Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)

1898 1st automobile sold

1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club)

1896 A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island

1895 Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile

1892 Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York

1891 Electric self-starter for automobile patented

1888 Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile

1886 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile

1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile

1863 Henry Royce, automobile founder, Rolls-Royce

1862 Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile

1831 Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, Studebaker

1725 Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, designed and built 1st automobile


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