Karl Benz patented the gasoline-operated motor car.
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Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
US Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that police can't stop cars just to check the driver and their registration.
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
J.B. Sutherland from Detroit patented refrigerated railroad cars.