When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
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Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The first of four fatal shark attacks happened on New Jersey shores.
A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
Tesla Motors was incorporated in Palo Alto, California, US.
