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Automobile

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 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 Chicago 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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