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1995 1st NBA game at General Motors Place, Vancouver Grizzlies beat Minnesota Timberwolves 100-98 in OT
1993 General Motors sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires 1992 Dateline NBC airs a demonstration show General Motors trucks, blowing up on impact, later revealed NBC rigged test 1991 General Motors announces closing of 21 plants 1991 General Motors announces 9 month loss of $2.2 billion 1989 Tina Barrett wins LPGA Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State Golf Open 1987 Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1981 Roger Smith becomes CEO of General Motors 1979 NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M 1977 General Motors introduces 1st U.S. diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) 1966 Tina Barrett, Balt, LPGA golfer, 1989 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean State 1962 Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69 1959 Patty Jordan, Buffalo, New York, LPGA golfer, 1988 Mitsubishi Motors Ocean 1955 Fiat Motors orders 1st private atomic reactor 1952 Maurice Olley of General Motors begins designing the Corvette 1951 British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge 1950 General Motors reports net earnings of $656,434,232 (record) 1945 General Motors workers go on strike 1937 44-day sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan ends 1929 General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel 1928 Donald E. Petersen, Minnesota, executive, Ford Motors 1927 Pastor of Have begins blessing of motorcars/motors 1926 James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1925 Roger Smith, CEO, General Motors 1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp 1908 William Crapo Durant incorporates General Motors in Janesville Wisc 1903 Ford Motors incorporates 1897 Oldsmobile begins operation as a General Motors Corp division 1893 Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors, 1953-8 1890 Charles Wilson, President of General Motors, 1940 - 1953, Secretary of Defense, 1953 - 1957 1879 Baldwin steam motors tram 1st tried in Sydney Australia |
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