Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
9 dated entries naming Henry Ford, drawn from 9 separate years between 1863 CE and 1947 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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19th century
- 1863July 30 – Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer, industrialist (d. 1947)source
- 1896June 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".source
- 1899August 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.source
20th century
- 1908October 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.source
- 1910Henry Ford sells 10,000 automobiles.source
- 1915December 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.source
- 1926September 25 – Henry Ford announces the 8-hour, 5-day work week.source
- 1942January 13 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile that would be 30% lighter than a conventional car.source
- 1947April 7 – Henry Ford, American industrialist, automobile manufacturer (b. 1863)source