Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
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The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
France's President Charles de Gaulle Survives an Assassination Attempt.
The Ford Motor Company manufactured its ten millionth car.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
Howard Hughes designed and built the world's fastest plane called the H-1 racer, then, on this day, flew it at a new world speed record at 352 miles per hour in Santa Fe, California.
