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Henry Ford is born.
Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863, on a farm in Greenfield Township, Michigan. -
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Edison Illuminating Company.
Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company. -
The Model T introduced.
The Model T was introduced on October 1, 1908. It had the steering wheel on the left, which every other company soon copied. -
The five-dollar workday
Ford astonished the world by offering a $5 per day wage ($120 today), which more than doubled the rate of most of his workers. -
Ford's Model A
By 1926, flagging sales of the Model T finally convinced Henry to make a new model. He pursued the project with a great deal of technical expertise in design of the engine, chassis, and other mechanical necessities, while leaving the body design to his son. Edsel also managed to prevail over his father's initial objections in the inclusion of a sliding-shift transmission. -
Henry Ford's death.
He died in 1947 of a cerebral hemorrhage at age 83 in Fair Lane, his Dearborn estate.
