1996 Frank A Whittle, inventor of the Jet engine, dies at 89
1988 Felix Wankel, developer of Wankel rotary engine, dies
1985 STS 51-F launch scrubbed at T -3s because of main engine shutdown
1975 1st Space Shuttle main engine test at National Space Tech Labs, Miss
1962 Jesse G Vincent, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine, dies at 82
1954 Chevrolet unveils V-8 engine
1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
1950 William H. Macy, born in Miami, Florida, actor, Homicide, Water Engine
1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh
1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure
1935 1st U.S. streamlined electric RR engine begins service
1932 Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine
1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph
1930 1st diesel engine automobile trip (in a Packard sedan) completed
1925 Clement Ader, French engineer (steam engine airplane), dies at 84
1913 1st 4 engine aircraft built and flown (Igor Sikorsky-Russia)
1907 Frank A. Whittle, England inventor, jet engine
1902 Felix Wankel, Germany, inventor, Wankel rotary-piston engine
1897 1st submarine with an internal combustion engine demonstrated
1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies
1883 Wilhelm Siemens, German/British physicist (steam engine), dies
1880 Jesse G Vincent, Arkansas, engineer designed 1st V-12 engine
1877 Ole Evinrude, inventor, outboard marine engine
1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine
1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor, 2-stroke motorcycle engine
1853 1st practical fire engine (horse-drawn) in U.S. enters service
1850 1st Hawaiian fire engine
1850 Knickerbocker Engine Co Number 5 organized
1850 Empire Engine Company No 1 organized
1841 1st U.S. steam fire engine tested, New York City
1831 1st U.S. steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, New York)
1826 Samuel Mory patents internal combustion engine
1813 Henry Bessemer, engineer/inventor, Bessemer engine
1755 Oliver Evans, pioneered high-pressure steam engine
1755 1st steam engine in America installed, to pump water from a mine
1753 1st steam engine arrives in U.S. colonies
1736 James Watt, Scotland, inventor, steam engine
1663 Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor, steam engine
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