Volkswagen stopped production of the old VW Beetle.
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Snow Chains Patented.
California's first freeway, Arroyo Seco Parkway, officially opened to traffic.
The German automobile manufacturer, Volkswagen, was founded.
Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
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.
