Car engineer Henry Ford died at the age of 83.
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Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
The Sunbeam 1000 HP broke the land speed record at the Daytona Beach race track in Florida.
The Chicago Times-Herald sponsored the United States' first-ever car race, with the winning car going an average of 7 miles per hour.
California's first freeway, Arroyo Seco Parkway, officially opened to traffic.
Uber became a public company, opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
