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

1992 Death - 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 Event - Consumer Reports calls for a ban on the Suzuki Samurai automobile

1988 Event - Pontiac announces the end of the Fiero automobile

1958 Event - Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck

1957 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Claus Strigel, director, Obituary for the Automobile, Act of God

1955 Event - 1st solar automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Illinois

1955 Event - Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing

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

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

1937 Event - 1st permanent automobile license plates issued (Connecticut)

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

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

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

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

1927 Event - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile

1924 Event - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile

1915 Event - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile

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

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

1908 Event - Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris

1904 Event - Automobile tire chain patented

1903 Event - Clyde Coleman of New York City patents automobile electric starter

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

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

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

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

1899 Event - Henry Bliss becomes 1st automobile fatality (NY)

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

1898 Event - Dutch Automobile Club forms (KNAC)

1898 Event - 1st automobile sold

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

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

1895 Event - Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile

1892 Event - Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York

1891 Event - Electric self-starter for automobile patented

1888 Event - Philip Pratt unveils 1st electric automobile

1886 Event - In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile

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

1863 Birthday - Henry Royce, automobile founder, Rolls-Royce

1862 Event - Jean Joseph Etienne Lenoir builds 1st automobile

1831 Birthday - Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer, Studebaker

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

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