When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.
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The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
Mary Anderson patents windshield wiper.
The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
Thomas Edison completed the world's first movie studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
