2001 Ann Sothern, actress, ", My Mother, the Car, ", dies at 92
1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20
1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph)
1997 Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH
1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph)
1997 Diana Spencer, princess of England, dies in car crash in Paris at 36
1997 Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash
1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56
1997 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82
1997 Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash
1996 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver, dies at 37
1995 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83
1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed
1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed)
1995 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured
1994 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident
1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29
1994 Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46
1994 Helena Manson, Venez/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94
1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash
1994 Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31
1994 Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car
1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31
1993 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29
1993 F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident
1993 Alfred Manessier, Fr painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81
1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32
1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82
1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1
1993 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19
1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38
1993 Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76
1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from U.S. (to Taiwan)
1992 Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27
1992 Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29
1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car
1992 Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75
1992 Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash
1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38
1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash
1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City
1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident
1991 Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City
1991 Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash
1991 Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race
1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51
1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees
1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
1989 Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61
1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS
1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired
1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car
1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash
1988 Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash
1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border
1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
1988 Carrie Baxter, Best Bodybuilder (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42
1988 David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50
1988 Dave Prater, rocker (Sam and Dave), dies in a car crash at 50
1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)
1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran
1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident
1985 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California
1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill
1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash
1984 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23
1984 June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61
1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident
1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car
1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in New York City
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
1982 Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash
1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die
1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
1981 Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38
1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies
1980 Ringo and Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash
1980 Alf Sjoberg, dir (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at 76
1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph
1979 Claudia Jennings, playmate (Nov, 1969), dies in car crash at 29
1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31
1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, [Abu Hassan], killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes
1978 Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash
1977 Marc Bolan, rock vocalist and guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29
1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland
1975 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris
1975 Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes
1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates
1974 Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances
1974 Peter Revson, U.S. race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35
1973 Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on New Jersey Turnpike
1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash
1973 Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma
1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car
1972 Berry Oakley, U.S. rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24
1972 Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon
1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"
1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon
1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
1970 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28
1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3
1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne
1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28
1969 John and Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash
1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car
1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1967 Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69
1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1967 Jayne Mansfield, actress (Female Jungle), dies in a car crash at 34
1967 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
1966 Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash
1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
1964 Tracy Chapman, U.S. singer and songwriter, Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car
1963 John Andretti, race car driver
1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42
1961 "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres on TV
1961 Bob Dylan injured in car accident
1961 Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25
1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash
1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash
1959 O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash
1959 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon"
1959 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver
1958 Tanya Tucker, Seminole, Texas, country singer and actress, Follow that Car
1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced
1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF)
1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 23 in car crash
1957 New York City ends trolley car service
1955 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24
1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France
1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues
1954 Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51
1954 Derek Warwick, race car driver
1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station
1952 Melanie Mayron, Philadelphia, actress, 30 Something, Car Wash, Missing
1952 Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident
1951 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75
1949 Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash
1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane
1947 Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies
1946 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago)
1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line
1946 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1945 George S Patton, U.S. General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60
1945 Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car
1945 Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident
1944 Aristide Maillol, Fr sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82
1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver
1940 Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships
1939 Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident
1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67
1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500
1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28
1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1937 Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43
1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, world champ 1966
1936 Jim Clark, race car driver, Indianapolis 500
1935 Avery Schreiber, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, My Mother the Car
1934 John Surtees, British race car driver
1931 Hank Garrett, Monticello, New York, actor, Car 54 Where Are You
1931 Jerry Van Dyke, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, My Mother the Car, Coach
1931 Ivan Dixon, born in New York City, actor, Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes
1930 Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
1929 Stirling Moss, race car driver
1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1928 Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1
1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel
1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A)
1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in U.S., Pittsburgh
1926 Fred Gwynne, born in New York City, actor, Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters
1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York)
1924 Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park
1923 Sully Boyar, New York City, actor, Car Wash
1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park
1920 1st commercial armored car introduced in St. Paul Minn
1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian, Car Wash
1914 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer
1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38)
1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City)
1912 "Professor" Irwin Corey, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Car Wash, Doc
1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire
1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ
1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City
1908 Henry Ford introduces Model T car
1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m
1906 Wim van Doorne, Dutch car manufacturer, DAF
1905 Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Mississippi, actor, Car 54 Where Are You
1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City
1903 Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car
1902 Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40
1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car
1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris
1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer
1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs
1898 Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena
1897 World's 1st car dealer opens in London
1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City)
1895 George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car
1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company
1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co
1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges
1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car)
1892 Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson)
1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)
1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe
1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis
1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days
1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service
1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor, Porsche, Volkswagen
1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler
1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street
1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones
1873 San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service
1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873)
1868 Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit
1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland
1859 1st Pullman sleeping car in service
1854 Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car
1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53
1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car
1831 George M. Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car
1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist, electric car 1835
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