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Birthday
Henry Ford was born on a farm in Dearborn, Michigan. He was one out of eight children (" Ford, Henry"). -
Henry Ford goes to his first job
Henry went to Detroit to work in the machine shops, but left after three years of working there to return home ("Ford, Henry"). -
Formation of the Ford Motor company
Ford had started the Henry Ford Company but left to later create the Ford Motor Company due to agruments about the way he handeled the buisness ("Ford, Henry"). -
Launch of the model T
"In 19 years of the model T's existence, he sold 15,500,000 in the United states, almost 1,000,000 in Canada and 250,00 in Great Britain" ("Ford, Henry"). -
Ford goes through lawsuit
Ford lost his original case over the selden patent but then won when he returned to court over the issue in 1911 ("Ford, Henry"). -
Ford's assembly plant
The plant that Ford built was able to make all the things needed to make the model T. ("Henry, Ford") -
Ford making a better company
Ford increased workers pay and limited the shift hours which made him a famous humanitarian ("Ford, Henry"). -
Ford loweres price
Ford loweres the price of the model T from $950 to $290 ("Ford, Henry").
