1995 Event General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Aulby 1994 Event General Tire World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Norm Duke 1973 Death Harvey S Firestone, Jr., U.S. tire manufacturer, dies at 75 1947 Event BF Goodrich announced the development of tubeless tire in Akron, Ohio 1941 Death Andre Michelin, French tire manufacturer, dies at 88 1940 Event 1st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh 1940 Event The synthetic rubber tire unveiled 1937 Event Bus blew a tire, going out of control, killing 18 (Salem Illinois) 1921 Death John B Dunlop, Scottish inventor air tire (Dunlop Rubber), dies at 81 1914 Event Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern 1906 Event Louis H. Perlman patents a demountable tire carrying rim for cars 1904 Event Automobile tire chain patented 1892 Event Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire 1853 Birthday Andre Michelin, France, industrialist/tire manufacturer, Michelin 1847 Event Robert Thompson patents rubber tire 1846 Event Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1840 Birthday John Boyd Dunlop, Scotland, developer, pneumatic rubber tire
