In the Spirit of St Louis, Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first-ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.
The Sunbeam 1000 HP broke the land speed record at the Daytona Beach race track in Florida.
Henry Ford changed employees' working schedules to 8-hour days, 5 days a week.
Mercedes and Benz merged to form the brand name Mercedes-Benz.
The first confirmed trip to the North Pole was carried out by the Norge, a semi-rigid Italian-built airship.
The first flight over the North Pole was completed, flown by Richard E. Byrd with co-pilot Floyd Bennett.
The Ford Motor Company manufactured its ten millionth car.
A team of aviators begins the first round-the-world flight in history.
The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
General Motors bought the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
Boeing was incorporated by William E. Boeing.
Racer Bob Burman died after crashing his race car in Corona, California.
The first traffic lights in the US were installed in Cleveland, Ohio.
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Airboat Line became the world's first scheduled flight.
The Ford Motor Company announced that it would begin an eight-hour workday as well as provide a living wage for workers who would receive $5 a day.
Adolphe Célestin Pégoud became Europe's first man to use a parachute.
The first four-engine aircraft was built and flown by Igor Sikorsky.
Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly across the English Channel in an airplane.
The Titanic sunk at 2:20 am in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.
The Titanic collided with an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland at 23:40 and started to sink.
Louis Chevrolet incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
The RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, where it was also constructed.
23 cars take part in the first Rally Monte Carlo.
Theodore Roosevelt became the first US President to fly in an airplane.
Walden W. Shaw and John D. Hertz founded the Shaw Livery Company and introduced the yellow cabs to attract passengers.
Two trains crashed in a snowstorm in Wellington, Washington, USA, claiming the lives of 96 people.
French aviator Eugène Lefebvre tragically died in an airplane crash, making this day the first-ever aviation fatality.
American steamship S. S. Arapahoe became the first to use the signal 'SOS' off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, USA.
Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
The Ford Motor Company shipped the first Ford Model T to a customer.
The first Ford Model T car was assembled.
The General Motors Corporation was founded.
Ford completed their first Model T vehicle at a Ford plant in Detroit, Michigan.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
British driver Arthur MacDonald was the first to break 100 miles per hour in an automobile at Daytona Beach, Florida, US.
The first sustained flight of over five minutes was achieved and traveled three miles in the process.
The Eden train wreck happened when a trail derailed from Denver, Colorado, to St Louis, Missouri.
Construction on the world's longest railway in Russia was completed.
A steam locomotive called City of Truro became the first steam engine to go over 100 miles per hour.
The first sustained motorized aircraft flight took place.
Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen's Island in Belfast.
New York state became the first to require license plates on automobiles.
The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
The SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse becomes the first ship to send wireless signals to shore.
Henry Bliss became the first person killed in an automobile accident in the United States.
German inventor Ferdinand von Zeppelin granted a patent for the navigable balloon.
Opel builds its first automobile.
