It Happened Years Ago
- One hundred and Forty-Five years ago...
- November 24, 1844 - Karl Benz was born.
- One hundred years ago...
- November 1, 1899 - New York City's first automobile dealership opened. Percy
Owens set up shop to sell Winton automobiles.
- November 4, 1899 - George Selden franchised his patent, for the first time,
to W.C. Whitney for the Columbia Electric.
- November 6, 1899 - James Ward Packard drove his first car down the streets of
Warren, Ohio.
- November 14, 1899 - August Horch registered A. Horch & Cie in Cologne,
Germany.
- Ninety-Five years ago...
- November 1, 1904 - First Buick sold to Dr. Herbert H. Hills of Flint,
Michigan.
- November 2, 1904 - William Crapo Durant took control of Buick.
- Ninety years ago...
- 1909 - Rapid Motor Vehicle Company joined General Motors.
- 1909 - Kelsey-Hayes was formed.
- Eighty-Five years ago...
- November 14, 1914 - The first Dodge Brothers automobile rolled off the
assembly line.
- Eighty years ago...
- November 13, 1919 - Walter P. Chrysler resigns as vice president of General
Motors.
- Seventy-Five years ago...
- 1924 - Kenworth introduced its first truck, the KS-255.
- Seventy years ago...
- December 1, 1929 - Ford introduces the $7 a day minimum wage to help the
economy.
- Sixty-Five years ago...
- 1934 - Chevrolet produced its 10,000,000th car.
- Sixty years ago...
- 1939 - Ford produced its 27,000,000th car.
- 1939 - Chevrolet produced its 15,000,000th car.
- Fifty years ago...
- November 25, 1949 - Cadillac built its one millionth car.
- Forty-Five years ago...
- November 8, 1954 - West Virginia opened its 88-mile turnpike.
- November 23, 1954 - General Motors built its 50 millionth car, a 1955
Chevrolet Bel Air Sports Coupe.
- December 1, 1954 - The Northern Ohio Turnpike opened the 22 mile section
linking Youngstown with the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
- Forty years ago...
- November 19, 1959 - Ford announced the end of the Edsel line.
- November 30, 1959 - The Automobile Manufacturers Association announced that
PCV (Positive Crankcase Ventilation) devices would be featured on 1961 model
year American cars sold in California.
- 1959 - Chrysler Corporation reorganized its model lines into the Dodge
Division, Chrysler-Imperial Division, and the Plymouth-DeSoto Division.
- Thirty-Five years ago...
- December 1, 1964 - Production began at Volkswagen's Emden plant.
- Twenty-Five years ago...
- 1974 - Vanden Plas became part of Jaguar.
- Fifteen years ago...
- December 1, 1984 - A joint-venture between General Motors and Toyota, New
United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI), began production of Toyota Corollas
and Chevrolet Novas in Fremont, California.
- Ten years ago...
- December 1, 1989 - General Motors buys 50% of Saab.
- December 1, 1989 - Ford purchased Jaguar.
- December 18, 1989 - Honda begins production of Civics at its new East
Liberty, Ohio plant, increasing potential production in the United States to
more than 500,000 cars per year.
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