2014 Event Ford Motor Company begins using aluminum instead of steel in the body of its most popular truck, the F-150; the change has cost the company time and money in conversion of production lines but will make the vehicle more fuel efficient 2014 Event A U.S. lawsuit against IBM and Ford Motor Company, seeking damages for the companies' transactions with the former apartheid government, has been dismissed; the transactions were conducted by foreign units and are not under jurisdiction of U.S. law 2014 Event Google reveals its self-driving car today; the prototype can drive 25 miles per hour and safely respond to a variety of situations; it should be road-ready sometime after 2016; Ford, Tesla and other firms are also working on self-driving technology 2014 Event Ford Motor Company CEO Alan Mulally, will retire in July and be replaced by Mark Fields; Mulally restored profitability and distinguished the company as the only Big Three automaker to refuse government bailouts during the 2008-2009 recession 2013 Event The USS Gerald R. Ford is christened by the U.S. Navy; the aircraft carrier cost $15.5 billion and technically the most advanced ship ever built 2012 Event An issue with airbag deployment causes U.S. automaker Ford to recall 154,000 Fiestas 2007 Event Gerald Ford is buried in Grand Rapids, Michigan 2006 Death John M. Ford, American Writer 2006 Death John M. Ford, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?', dies of natural causes, at age 49 2004 Event Former President Gerald Ford suffers a stroke during the Republican National Convention 1998 Event "Ragtime," opens at Ford Theater New York City 1997 Event Ford Senior Players Golf Championship 1996 Event Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1994 Event Doc Gooden leaves Betty Ford Center 1994 Death Clarence Ford, sax player, dies at 64 1994 Event Doc Gooden admitted to Betty Ford Center 1994 Event O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1994 Death Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994 1994 Event Darryl Strawberry enters Betty Ford clinic 1994 Death Willie Mae Ford Smith, gospel Singer/Songwriter, dies at 89 1993 Death Constance Ford, U.S. actress (Another World, Burden Hunt), dies at 64 1992 Event Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford 1991 Death Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer, dies of liver disease at 72 1991 Death Tennessee Ernie Ford, country singer (16 Tons), dies at 72 1991 Death Lloyd Ford, stuntman, dies at 79 1991 Death Carmine Coppola, composer/father of Francis Ford Coppola, dies 1991 Event 11th Golden Raspberry Awards: Ford Fairlane and Ghosts Can't Do It wins 1990 Event Dave Raghetti pitches in his 499th game as a New York Yankee, passing Whitey Ford in most appearances as a New York Yankee 1988 Death Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies 1987 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for attempted assassination of President Gerald R Ford escapes from Alderson Prison 1987 Death Henry Ford II, president Ford Motor Co, dies at 70 1987 Event Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1986 Event It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania 1985 Event Liza Minnelli enters Betty Ford Drug Center 1984 Death Peggy Ann Garner, actress (Ford Theater), dies at 53 of cancer 1984 Event Elizabeth Taylor, undergoing rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic 1982 Death Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer 1981 Event President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1981 Event "Raiders Of The Lost Ark" starring Harrison Ford premieres 1981 Birthday Willa Ford, born in America, singer, songwriter, television personality, modeled for 'Playboy' magazine, debut album titled, 'Willa Was Here' 1980 Event Jineane Ford, (AZ) replaces S Weatherly (Miss Universe) as 29th Miss USA 1980 Event Ford Motor Company found innocent in death of 3 women in a fiery Pinto 1979 Event NL approves Astros sales from Ford Motors to John J McMullen for $19M 1978 Event 1st daughter Susan Ford announces engagement to Charles F. Vance 1978 Event Lee Iacocca fired as Ford Motor President by chairman Henry Ford II 1978 Death Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 1978 Event President Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 1977 Birthday Bridget Hall, Dallas Texas, model, Ford 1977 Event President Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (Tokyo Rose) 1976 Event Jimmy Carter defeats Gerald Ford for president 1976 Event President Ford says there is "no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1976 Event President Gerald R. Ford won Republican President nomination at Kansas City convention 1976 Death Paul Ford, actor (Phil Silvers Show), dies at 74 1976 Event Sara Jane Moore sentenced to life for attempting to shoot President Ford 1975 Birthday Cole Ford, kicker for the Oakland Raiders 1975 Event Lynette Fromme sentenced to life for attempt on President Ford's life 1975 Event Sara Jane Moore pled guilty to trying to kill President Gerald Ford 1975 Event President Gerald Ford signs $2.3 B loan-authorization for New York City 1975 Event U.S. president Gerald Ford visits China 1975 Event President Ford requires states to provide free education for handicapped 1975 Event New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" 1975 Event President Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside 1975 Event Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in San Francisco California 1975 Event Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to assassinate Ford in Sacramento 1975 Event Assassination attempt on president Gerald Ford 1975 Event Ford became 1st U.S. President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz 1975 Event President Ford announced he'll seek Republican nomination for president 1975 Event President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" 1975 Birthday Kisha Ford, WNBA guard and forward, New York Liberty 1975 Event Ford Executive Order on CIA Activities within the U.S. (No 11828) 1974 Event Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty 1974 Event Freedom of Information Act passed by Congress over President Ford's veto 1974 Event 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy 1974 Event President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 Event President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes 1974 Event Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 Event Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on same day 1974 Event Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president 1974 Event New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame 1973 Event Gerald Ford sworn-in as 1st unelected Vice President, succeeds Spiro T. Agnew 1973 Event Senate votes 92-3 to confirm Gerald R Ford as Vice President 1973 Event Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew as Vice President 1973 Death John Ford, U.S. director (Mary of Scotland, Stagecoach), dies at 78 1973 Birthday Fredric Ford, WLAF CB for the Scotland Claymores/NFL cornerback, Eagles 1972 Birthday Cole Ford, NFL kicker for the Oakland Raiders 1972 Birthday Sherell Ford, NBA forward, Seattle Supersonics 1972 Birthday Mindy Carson, born in New York City, vocalist, Club Embassy, Ford Star Revue 1971 Death Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 1970 Event L Boudreau, Earle Combs, Ford Frick, and Jesse Haines enter Hall of Fame 1970 Event Ford Frick, Earle Combs and Jesse Haines elected to Hall of Fame 1970 Death Ed Ford, comedian (Can You Top This?), dies at 72 1970 Event Pendleton, Ford and Cryer's "Last Sweet Days of Isaac," premieres in New York City 1969 Birthday Scott Ford, Norbrooke Germany, golfer, 1994 Trafalgar CPGA-2nd 1969 Event Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Springs won by Towler and Ford of GBR 1968 Event Ice Dance Championship at Geneva won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1967 Event A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans 1967 Event Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball 1967 Birthday David Ford, born in Edmonton, Alberta, kayaker, Olympics-15-92, 96 1967 Event Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB) 1966 Death Wallace Ford, actor (Deputy), dies of heart attack at 68 1966 Event Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Diane Towler/Bernard Ford GRB 1965 Event William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Event Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher 1964 Birthday Faith Ford, born in Louisiana, actress, Another World, Corky-Murphy Brown 1964 Event Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1964 Event Ford Mustang formally introduced ($2368 base) 1964 Event 1st Ford Mustang produced 1962 Event Whitey Ford's World Series 33 2/3 scoreless inning streak ends 1961 Event Whitey Ford is voted Cy Young Award winner over Warren Spahn 1961 Event Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning 1961 Event Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32 1961 Event Whitey Ford's 3rd straight World Series shutout 1961 Birthday Tom Ford, American Designer 1961 Event Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games 1961 Death James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 1960 Birthday Curt Ford, born in Jackson, Mississippi, professional baseball player, played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball teams 1960 Birthday Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1960 Event Ford Frick voids Indians - Red Sox deal as Sam White retires 1959 Event Ford cancels Edsel 1959 Event Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" 1959 Event Yankee Whitey Ford strikes-out 15, beating Senators, 1-0 in 14 innings 1958 Birthday Lita Rossana Ford, born in London, England, metal guitarist, Kiss Me Deadly 1958 Birthday Lita Ford, born in London, England, vocalist, Kiss Me Deadly, Runaways 1958 Death Walter Schumann, choral director (Ford Show), dies at 44 1958 Event Yankees pitcher Whitey Ford fans 6 in a row to tie an AL record 1957 Death Harrison Ford, silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73 1957 Birthday Andrew "Dice" Clay, Silverstien, comedian, Adv of Ford Fairlane 1957 Event Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel 1957 Event Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick 1957 Birthday John M. Ford, born in East Chicago, Indiana, author, science fiction and fantasy, poet, game designer, wrote, 'The Final Reflection', 'How Much Just for the Planet?' 1957 Event 21st Golf Masters Championship: Doug Ford wins, shooting a 283 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Birthday Janice E Voss Ford, South Bend, Indiana, PhD/Astronaut, STS-57, 63, 83, 94 1956 Event Yankee pitcher Whitey Ford ties AL record of 6 straight strike-outs 1956 Event Ford Frick inaugurates Cy Young Award, to honor to outstanding pitcher 1956 Birthday Steve Ford, actor, Young and Restless, son of President Gerald Ford 1956 Birthday Philip Jackson Ford, Jr., North Carolina, basketball player 1976 Olympics gold 1955 Event Yankees Whitey Ford is 5th to throw consecutive 1-hitters, beats A's 1955 Event 37th PGA Championship: Doug Ford at Meadowbrook CC Detroit 1955 Event Baseball Commish Ford Frick says he favors legalization of spitter 1953 Birthday Mike Ford, New York City, Canadian Tour golfer, 1976 Port Jefferson Open 1952 Event Whitey Ford becomes 5th pitcher to hurl consecutive 1 hitters 1952 Event Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid 1951 Birthday John Ford Coley, rocker, England Dan and John Ford Coley 1951 Event Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Event NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball 1950 Event Whitey Ford wins his 1st World Series game, 5-2 1950 Birthday Laureen Ford, born in Gympie, Queensland, golfer, 1992 Alpine Australia Ladies 1950 Birthday Willie Ford, U.S. R&B-singer, Dramatics-Me and Mrs. Jones 1950 Birthday Michael Ford, son of President Gerald and Betty Ford 1950 Birthday England Dan, singer, England Dan and John Ford Coley 1950 Birthday Glyn Ford, born in Gloucester, England, politician, author, Labor Party, member of Gibraltar Socialist Labor Party, Member of European Parliament for South West England, expert on Asia, wrote, 'North Korea on the Brink: Struggle for Survival' 1949 Death Ernest Ford, composer, dies at 91 1949 Event New York Giants sign their 1st black players, Monte Irvin and Ford Smith 1948 Event Gerald Ford upsets Rep Bartel J Jonkman in Michigan 5th Dist Representative primary 1947 Event Happy Chandler announces Ford and Gillette to sponsor World Series 1947 Death Henry Ford, U.S. industrialist - Ford cars, dies 1945 Event Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually 1945 Birthday Harold Ford, Sr., born in Memphis, Tennessee, Representative-D-Tennessee 1975 - 1997 1944 Birthday Richard Ford, U.S. author, Sportswriter 1943 Birthday Anna Ford, British broadcaster/actress, Secret Policeman's Ball 1943 Death Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49 1943 Event NL Ford Frick demonstrates revised balata ball to reporters by bouncing it on his office carpet ball proves to be 50% livelier 1942 Birthday Harrison Ford, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Frantic 1942 Event Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies 1939 Birthday Frankie Ford, Frank Guzzo, Gretna, Louisiana, rock vocalist, Sea Cruise 1939 Death Ford M Ford, Hueffer, British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 65 1939 Death Ford Madox Ford, writer, dies at 65 1939 Birthday Francis Ford Coppola, born in Detroit, director, Godfather, Apocalypse Now 1937 Birthday Emile Ford, born in Saint Lucia, West Indies, rocker, singer, guitarist, produced UK chart-topper 'What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?,' recorded for Pye Records 1937 Event Henry Ford initiates 32 hour work week 1936 Event Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates 1934 Event Ford Frick becomes president of baseball's National League 1934 Event Ford Frick, NL publicity director, is named league president 1934 Event Judge Landis sells World Series broadcast rights to Ford for $100,000 1934 Birthday Ron Nesson, press secretary, Gerald Ford 1932 Event Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1932 Event Ford publicly unveils its V-8 engine 1930 Event Fred P Newton completes longest swim ever (1826 miles), when he swam in the Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn, to New Orleans 1929 Birthday Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper, successful NSW of 50's 1929 Birthday Clarence Ford, sax player 1928 Birthday Edward "Whitey" Ford, hall of fame pitcher, New York Yankees 1928 Birthday Whitey Ford, American Athlete 1928 Birthday Donald E. Petersen, Minnesota, executive, Ford Motors 1928 Birthday Constance Ford, U.S. actress, Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World 1928 Birthday Serge Gainsbourg, Ginsburg, Russian/French singer, Ford Mustang 1927 Birthday William D. Ford, born in Detroit, Michigan, Representative-D-Michigan 1965 - 1995 1927 Event Ford Motor Company produces last "Tin Lizzie" (begins Model A) 1927 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 15 millionth Model T automobile 1927 Event Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1926 Event Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week 1926 Birthday Len Ford, NFL end, Cleveland Browns, Green Bay Packers 1926 Event James Cox of Ford Motors announces 8 hour day and $5 daily minimum wage 1924 Birthday Wendell H. Ford, born in Owensboro, Kentucky, Senator-D-Kentucky 1974 - 1999 1924 Birthday Mary Ford, Colleen Summer, vocalist/actress, Queen of Outer Space 1924 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile 1923 Birthday Constance Ford, actress, Ada Hobson-Another World 1922 Birthday Eileen Ford, modeling agency head, Ford Modeling Agency 1921 Birthday Betty Ford, 1st lady, 1975-76, and namesake for Betty Ford Clinic 1919 Birthday Tennessee Ernie Ford, Bristol, Tennessee, country vocalist/actor, pea picker 1917 Birthday Henry Ford II, automaker, Ford Motor Co. 1916 Birthday Glenn Ford, Quebec, Canada, actor, Cade's County, Big Heat, Midway 1915 Event 1,000,000th model T Ford assembled 1915 Event Ford Motor Company manufactures its 1 millionth Model T automobile 1914 Event Henry Ford introduces assembly line, for T-Fords 1914 Event Ford Motor Co wages jump from $2.40/9-hour day to $5.00/8-hour day 1913 Event Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) 1913 Birthday Walter Schumann, New York City, choral director, Ford Show, composer, Rhenish 1913 Event Henry Ford institutes moving assembly line 1913 Birthday Hugh Ford, FRS mechanic engineer 1913 Birthday Gerald R. Ford, 41st Vice President, 1973-74, 38th President, R-1974-77 1910 Birthday Edward Ford, registrat Order of Merit 1909 Birthday Earl Butz, born in Indiana, served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture during the Nixon and Ford administrations 1908 Event Henry Ford introduces Model T car 1908 Birthday Brinsley Ford, CEO, National Art Collections Fund 1907 Birthday Shirley Booth, Thelma Booth Ford, New York City, actress, Hazel 1906 Event 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 1904 Birthday Joseph Ford McGuinn, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dick Tracy's G-Men 1904 Birthday James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival 1903 Event Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car 1903 Event Ford Motors incorporates 1901 Birthday Paul Ford, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, Phil Silvers Show 1899 Birthday Jack Haley, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Tin Man-Wizard of Oz, Ford Star Revue 1898 Birthday Wallace Ford, Samuel Jones Grundy, Batton England, actor, Deputy 1896 Event Henry takes his 1st Ford through streets of Detroit 1895 Birthday John Ford, Maine, director, Stagecoach, Air Mail, Quiet Man 1894 Birthday Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951 - 1965 1893 Event Henry Ford completes his 1st useful gas motor 1893 Event Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat 1882 Death Jesse James, outlaw, shot dead at 34, in St. Joseph, Missouri by Robert Ford 1873 Birthday Ford Madox Ford, England, novelist/editor, Inheritors 1866 Birthday Carla Ford, Henry's wife 1865 Event President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth 1864 Event Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern) 1864 Event Skirmish at Elkin's Ford Little Missouri River, Arkansas 1864 Event Skirmish at Barnett's Ford Virginia 1864 Event Civil War skirmish at Kelly's Ford, Va 1863 Event Battle of Rappahannock Station and Kelly's Ford, VA 1863 Birthday Henry Ford, Dearborn Township, Michigan, auto maker, Ford 1863 Event Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia, Fleetwood, Beverly Ford 1863 Event Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia (211 casualities) 1862 Event Battle at Blackford's Ford Virginia 1861 Event Battle of Blackburn's Ford, Virginia US57 CS68 - Manassas - 1861 Event Battle of Corrick's Ford, Virginia (Carrick's Ford) - Union army takes total control of western Virginia CS20 US53 1858 Birthday Ernest Ford, composer 1821 Birthday Ford Maddox Brown, painter 1648 Death Thomas Ford, composer, dies 1628 Event John Ford's "Lover's Melancholy," premieres in London 1586 Birthday John Ford, English dramatist, 'Tis Pity She's a Whore
