Charles Kingsford Smith completes the world's first trans-Pacific flight.
The first flight from the West Coast to Hawaii was made by the US Army aircraft, The Bird of Paradise.
The last Ford Model T motor car was ceremoniously rolled off the assembly line.
In the Spirit of St Louis, Aviator Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first-ever solo air crossing of Atlantic.
The White Bird and its crew mysteriously disappear.
The Sunbeam 1000 HP broke the land speed record at the Daytona Beach race track in Florida.
Approval of numbered highways in the US.
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.
American Garret Morgan was awarded the patent for an automated traffic signal.
The first-ever Le Mans endurance race began.
The Netherlands' flag carrier airline was founded under the name KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
The first daily passenger air service began, going from London to Paris.
Alcock and Brown take off for the first non-stop transatlantic flight.
Albert Cushing Read takes off on the first transatlantic flight in history.
General Motors bought the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
Nazi-German ace fighter pilot, The Red Baron, shot down his final two victims.
Eugene Bullard became the first African-American military pilot after acquiring his pilot's license from the Aéro-Club de France.
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.
Machine guns were fired from a US airplane for the first time.
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.
Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the world's first seaplane in Martinique, France.
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.
Wright Brothers Publicly Show Off Their Flying Machine For the First Time.
French engineer Paul Cornu flew his first helicopter in Normandy.
The London Underground's Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway opened.
