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1996 Seymour Cray, computer designer, dies in auto accident at 71
1994 30 die in 3 fatal auto accidents in Texas 1994 Simon Prior, British auto maker, dies of injuries 1993 Oksana Kostina, Russian gymnast, dies in an auto accident 1992 Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 1990 Muntu Myeza, South Africa anti-apartheid activist, dies in auto at 39 1988 Carl Hubbell, pitcher for the New York Giants-253 wins, 2.97 lifetime ERA, dies in an auto accident 1988 Trindad Silva, actor (Hill St. Blues), dies at 38 in an auto accident 1988 Trinidad Silva, killed in auto accident at 38 1988 Adrian Adonis, Keith Franke, WWF wrestler, killed in auto accident 1987 Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race 1985 Kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74 1984 L.A. federal jury acquits auto maker John DeLorean on cocaine charges 1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 1980 World's longest auto tunnel, St. Gotthard in Swiss Alps, opens 1979 Hubert van Doorne, auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 79 1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed 1978 Wim van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer (DAF), dies at 71 1977 General Motors introduces 1st U.S. diesel auto (Oldsmobile 88) 1973 Insurance industry announces auto racers get into more highway accidents 1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship 1971 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59 1970 Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph) 1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34 1967 Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47 1966 Jean Peugeot, French auto manufacturer, dies 1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph 1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH 1962 Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame, elected 1986 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian (Ernie Kovacs Show), killed in auto crash at 42 1960 Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 1959 Rosetta Duncan, (Duncan Sisters), dies in an auto accident at 58 1959 1st phone call between auto and plane 1959 Hinsdale Smith, developer of roll-down auto windows, dies at 88 1959 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH) 1959 Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Charles F Kettering, invented auto self-starter, dies at 82 1958 Julia Lennon, mother of Beatle John, dies in an auto accident 1958 1st showing of DAF 600 auto 1957 Juan-Manuel Fangio, wins his last auto World Championship at 46 1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) 1955 Bill Elliott, auto racer, Daytona-1978 1955 U.S. Auto Club forms to oversee 4 major auto reacing categories 1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 6-time NASCAR national champion 1952 Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ, 1981, '83, '87 1951 British auto manufacturers Austin/Moris Motors merge 1950 Barry Sheene, British auto maker 1950 Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands 1950 Jody Schecter, South African auto maker, World Driver's 1979 1950 Preston Tucker, auto maker, found not guilty of mail fraud 1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer 1949 Detroit Tiger pitcher Art Houtteman is critically injured in an auto accident but recovers to win 15 games in 1949 1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84 1949 Golfing champ Ben Hogan seriously injured in an auto accident 1948 Tom Sneva, U.S. auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1983 1948 Walter P Reuther, President (United Auto Workers), shot at his home 1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH 1946 Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion 1946 Eduard Veterman, Dutch painter/playwright, dies in an auto accident 1945 Rationg of auto tires ends in US 1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner 1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix 1942 U.S. auto factories switch from commercial to war production 1942 Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies 1940 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies 1940 Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers 1939 David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times 1939 Al Unser, auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1970, 71 1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer, Daytona 500-1968, 77, 83, 84 1939 Peter Revson, auto racer, 1971 Indianapolis pole winner 1938 Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector 1938 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH 1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day) 1938 Johnny Rutherford, auto racer, 26 championship races 1938 Johnny Rutherford, auto racer 1937 Bobby Allison, auto racer, 3 time winner of Daytona 500 1937 Prince Bernhard injured in auto accident in Netherlands 1937 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH 1937 Richard Petty, auto race driver, Daytona 500-1979,81 1937 Mark Donohue, auto racer, 1972 Indianapolis 500 1937 Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 1935 Tony Bramall, England, auto dealer/multi-millionaire, Harrogate 1935 1st U.S. airplane flight with auto slung beneath fuselage, New York 1935 A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver, Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77 1934 Barry Briggs, New Zealand auto maker, World Champion 1957, 58, 64, 66 1934 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer 1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer, 1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500 1934 1st high school auto driving course offered (State College, Penn) 1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1929 Owen Bieber, United Auto Workers president 1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) 1929 General Motors acquires German auto manufacturer Adam Opel 1929 Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ 1928 Jim McElreath, auto racer, 1970 Ontario 500 1927 NY-New Jersey Holland Tunnel, 1st twin-tube underwater auto tunnel, opens 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist and auto company executive 1927 Bill Rexford, auto racer 1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy 1926 Emile Coue, French pharmacist (recovery by auto suggestion), dies 1926 Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer, Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH 1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer 1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH 1922 Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy 1922 Diarmuid Downs, auto engineer 1921 Jean Behra, auto racer 1915 Gil Anderson races auto (165.1 km record) in Sheepshead Bay, New York 1914 Charlie Chaplin debuts "The Tramp" in "Kid Auto Races at Venice" 1913 Bkln Dodger Jake Daubert earns a new Chalmers auto as NL MVP 1913 Louis Perlman patents demountable auto tire-carrying wheel rim 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City) 1912 Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer 1911 Ty Cobb (AL) and Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run 1910 Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) 1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ 1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st U.S. auto speedway) 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1907 Prince Scipone Borchesi wins Beijing to Paris, 7,500 mile auto rally 1905 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach 1904 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York) 1904 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH 1903 1st transcontinental auto trip begins in San Francisco; arrives New York 3-months later 1901 New York becomes 1st state requiring auto license plates ($1 fee) 1900 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City 1900 Hubert van Doorne, Dutch auto manufacturer, DAF 1899 Henry Bliss, 1st auto death (New York City) 1899 1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) 1898 1st auto insurance policy in U.S. issued, by Travelers Insurance Co 1897 Automobile Club of Great Britain established (now: Royal Auto Club) 1896 25th auto built in US 1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI 1896 Jean Peugeot, Frans auto manufacturer, Peugeot 1896 1st auto (Benz) to arrive in Netherlands 1896 1st auto in Detroit, Charles B King rides his "Horseless Carriage" 1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH 1895 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1895 1st auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1895 Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto 1893 1st auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield 1892 Charles Duryea takes 1st American-made auto out for a spin (Mass) 1891 Nicholaus Otto, auto pioneer (internal combustion engine), dies 1886 Karl Benz patents 1st auto with burning motor 1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min 1878 Andre-Gustave Citroen, France, auto maker 1877 Charles Stewart Rolls, British auto manufacturer, Rolls-Royce Ltd 1876 Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor, auto self-starter 1872 Edmund Rumpler, Austria, auto/airplane builder 1869 J Frank Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1864 Ransom Eli Olds, auto, Oldsmobile, and truck, REO, manufacturer 1863 Henry Ford, Dearborn Township, Michigan, auto maker, Ford 1861 Charles Edgar Duryea, inventor, 1st auto built and operated in U.S. 1857 Elwood Haynes, auto pioneer, built one of 1st U.S. autos 1857 Emile Coue, French pharmacist, recovery by auto suggestion 1844 Karl F Benz, German designer/auto manufacturer, 4-taktmotor |
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