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1991 93 cars and 11 truck accident near San Francisco during a dust storm, 17 die
1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3 1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989 1982 SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France 1980 "Cars," by Gary Numan hits #9 1979 Cars play concert in New York Central Park 1979 Supreme Court rules, 8-1, police can't randomly stop cars 1976 The Cars played their 1st gig 1975 Cars in Netherlands must have seatbelts 1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars 1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1968 Golden Gate Bridge charges tolls only for southbound cars 1964 3 cars of a commuter train derails in South Africa killing 81 1964 San Francisco cable cars declared a national landmark 1953 Elliot Easton, Elliot Shapiro, born in Brooklyn, New York, rock guitarist, Cars 1949 David Robinson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, drummer, musician, played with various rock bands including The Cars, The Modern Lovers and DMZ 1947 Henry Ford, U.S. industrialist - Ford cars, dies 1929 Seatrain (RR cars on ships) service begins, New Orleans-Havana 1912 Electric starter 1st appeared in cars 1906 Louis H. Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars 1897 Andrew J Beard invents "jerry coupler," to connect railroad cars 1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH 1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville, Kentucky 1863 Submarine "HL Hunley" arrives in Charleston on railroad cars 1861 Black demonstrators in Charleston staged ride-ins on street cars 1809 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Philadelphia |
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