The world’s longest traffic jam from Lyon to Paris, France, extended a lengthy 104 miles (167 km).
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Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.
Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
The Ford Motor Company shipped the first Ford Model T to a customer.
The first radio message to go across the Atlantic Ocean was sent from Virginia to Paris.
The world's first recorded parachute jump occurred from 3,300 feet (1,000 m) above Paris.
