{"slug": "henry-ford", "label": "Henry Ford", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8768", "qid": "Q8768", "description": "American business magnate (1863–1947)", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [1863, 1947], "span_label": ["1863 CE", "1947 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 5}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "detroit", "label": "Detroit", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "michigan", "label": "Michigan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "oslo", "label": "Oslo", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer, industrialist (d. 1947)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#July–September", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Births › July–September"}}, {"year": 1896, "year_label": "1896 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "June 4", "text": "June 4 – The Ford Quadricycle, the first vehicle developed by Henry Ford, is completed, eventually leading Ford to build the empire that \"put America on wheels\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364785538#June", "title": "1896", "revid": 1364785538, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1899, "year_label": "1899 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "August 5", "text": "August 5 – Automotive mechanic Henry Ford incorporates the Detroit Automobile Company. While the company failed, it establishes Detroit, Michigan, as the site for U.S. car manufacturing and provided a model for the Ford Motor Company.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371393177#August", "title": "1899", "revid": 1371393177, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1908, "year_label": "1908 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – Official launch of Henry Ford's Ford Model T automobile, the first having left the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, Michigan, on September 27. The initial price is set at US$850.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373410903#October", "title": "1908", "revid": 1373410903, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1910, "year_label": "1910 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373495790#Undated", "title": "1910", "revid": 1373495790, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1915, "year_label": "1915 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4–18 – The 'Peace Ship' Oscar II chartered by industrialist Henry Ford sails from Hoboken, New Jersey to Oslo on an independent and eventually unsuccessful mission to broker a peace conference.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518749#December", "title": "1915", "revid": 1373518749, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1926, "year_label": "1926 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "September 25", "text": "September 25 – Henry Ford announces the 8-hour, 5-day work week.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373503199#September", "title": "1926", "revid": 1373503199, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1942, "year_label": "1942 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile that would be 30% lighter than a conventional car.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372873908#January", "title": "1942", "revid": 1372873908, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1947, "year_label": "1947 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Henry Ford, American industrialist, automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371901060#April", "title": "1947", "revid": 1371901060, "section": "Deaths › April"}}]}