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1987 Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70
1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 4th full-duration test firing of redesigned SRB motor 1986 Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1984 Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ 1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash 1980 Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1978 Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II 1975 Worst motor vehicle disaster in U.K.; bus full of elderly women plunges Dibble's Bridge Yorkshire, killing 38 1966 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47 1964 Al Parker glides 644 miles without any motor 1964 Iranian motor launch catches fire and sinks killing 113 (Persian Gulf) 1963 William Richard Morris, 1st viscount Nuffield motor manufacturer, dies 1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1943 Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 1943 Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavian physicist (tesla motor), dies at 86 1941 Lord Herbert Austin, motor manufacturer, dies 1927 Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) 1927 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile 1924 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile 1918 Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol 1917 Henry Ford II, automaker, Ford Motor Co 1915 Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile 1914 Donald Stokes, born in Plymouth, England, born Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes, Lord Stokes, industrialist, life peer in the House of Lords, managing director of British Leyland Motor Corporation 1914 Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Rudolph C K Diesel, German constructer (Diesel Motor), dies at 55 1906 Soichiro Honda, Japan, founder/CEO, Honda Motor Co 1903 Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car 1899 George Morgan, 1st English motorist to die in an motor accident, dies 1895 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1893 Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor 1888 Bertha, wife of inventor Karl Benz, makes 1st motor tour 1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1879 Sydney Australia inaugurates steam motor tram route 1858 Rudolf Diesel, German engineer, Diesel motor 1855 Isaac Singer patents sewing machine motor 1832 Nikolaus A. Otto, German technician, gas motor, otto motor 1826 Zenobe Theophile Gramme, inventor, electric motor 1802 Thomas Davenport, invented 1st coml electric motor 1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor |
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