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first car built
Finishes his first automobile called the "Quadricycle" and drives it in the streets of Detroit. -
Ford forms first automobile company
Using financial investors gained by the Quadricycle, Ford creates an automobile company in Detroit -
Ford wins 10-mile car race
Ford wins a 10-mile car race making him the talk of the automobile world. -
Ford builds racer "The 999"
soon after winning the Grosse Pointe car race, Ford builds the 999 that sets a new record of traveling 5 miles in 5 minutes and 28 seconds. -
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9 new cars created
Models A, B, AC, C, F, K, N, R, S, and T, designed and manufactured. -
"Tin Lizzie"
There was such a high demand for the model T ford car called the "Tin Lizzie" that there was a wait list. -
World's First Moving Assembly line
Ford's Highland Park factory becomes the world's first moving assembly line to make new ford cars. -
Doubles Pay
Ford Motors announces a $5/day wage for a 10 hour work day, which is more than doulble the $2.34 average for other companies. -
Ford Makes A Movie
Ford becomes intrigued by an outside movie company and makes his own moving picture department. -
End World War I
Ford announces to the press that he will send an Ocean Liner to Europe and convince the warring parties to stop fighting. The event fails. -
New President
Edsel Ford, Henry Ford's son, becoms president of Ford Motor Company after Henry Ford resigns. -
Buys Ford
Henry Ford announces to the Stockholders of the Ford Motor company that he is starting a rival motor company, afraid to lose money to the new company and sell their stocks, is discovered to be a scam, stocks were bought by Henry Ford's agents. Ford gains single control of Ford Motor company. -
Ford Motors Shuts Down
In order to prepare for the production of the new Model A car, Ford Motor Company shuts down -
15 Million Cars
Ford ceremoniously rolls out the 15 millionth Ford model T car, and announces to the press that Ford will begin producing a new car, the Model A. -
Re-opening
6 months after closing, Ford Motor Company re-opens to start producing the new Ford Model A -
Fordlandia
Ford purchases land in Brazil to make rubber plantations that would be called "Fordlandia" -
Great Depression
The stock market crashes and the great depression begins -
Fix Depression
Ford institutes a $7 per day wage to try and fix the economy, but his efforts do not take effect. -
Dead Son
Edsel Ford dies at age 49 -
Comeback
Ford is re-elected president of Ford Mototr company totake the place of his son. -
Stroke
Ford suffurs a stroke, and after his recovery remains mentally and physically impaired, is kept out of the public eye, dies two years later.
