Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
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A strike began at a General Motors parts factory.
More than 80 people die in the Le Mans car race disaster.
Mechanical engineer Karl Benz drove his first automobile in Mannheim, Germany.
George Selden filed for the first patent for a gasoline-driven automobile.
Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.
