A gasoline-powered car was tested in Springfield, Massachusetts, for the first time in the US.
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New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
The Richard Fairbanks Tavern and Post Office in Massachusetts became the first American colonial post office.
World's first competitive motor race.
Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.
