The General Motors Corporation was founded.
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Opel builds its first automobile.
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
Mike Tyson received his second speeding ticket while drag racing his Lamborghini in Albany, New York.
The American Motors Corporation, best known for creating the Jeep, was bought out by Chrysler.
German engineer Carl Benz patents the first modern automobile.
