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Henry Ford is Born
Henry Ford is born on a decent farm as the first child to the couple William and Mary Ford -
Hired as engineer with Edison Illuminating Company
Henry Ford gets a well-payed job at Edison Illuminating Company and begins the road of his passion of one day becoming the founder of the Ford Motor Company. -
Completes Quadricycle
Completes the Quadricycle, and drives it through the streets of Detroit. -
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford meets Thomas Edison and Edison encourages him to continue in the automobile industry -
First Car Company
Ford opened his first car company, and in 1902 it was called Cadallac Motor Car Co. -
Model A
Ford Company is established and the Model A is built -
Third Car Company
Henry Ford established his third automobile business, Ford Motor Company. -
first factory
Production begins at Piquette Avenue in Detroit, Ford
Motor Company's first purpose-built factory -
Creation of the Model T
Henry Ford created the Model T with a group of employees. -
Automobile Assembly Line
Builds his first automatic automobile assembly line in Highland Park. -
Raise Workers Payment
Henry Ford doubled wages to $5 per day. -
Henry Ford Hospital
Henry Ford founds the hospital in Dearborn. -
World War 1 Peace Plan
Henry Ford announces his plan to peacefully end World War 1. This is known as the "Peace Ship" expedition. -
Auto-Production
Ford Company controlls auto production for the year. -
Production of Model T
Ford Motor Company makes a huge production of Model T's during its years of sale and popularity. Because of this, the Ford Motor Company reaches a production of 15,000,000 cars and never produces them again. -
Ford Foundation founded
The Ford Foundation is still running today aand has an income of 6.027 billion dollars -
Henry's Death
Henry Ford died this day in his hometown, Fairlane. He died of cerebral homorrage at age 83.
