General Motors bought the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
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The first Chevrolet Corvette was manufactured in the US.
General Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
Industrialist Henry Ford's method to construct auto bodies from plastic was patented.
Saudi Arabia became the last country in the world to lift a ban on women driving cars.
