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The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in the first half of the twentieth century. Henry Ford innovated mass-production techniques that became standard, and Ford, Booker T. Washington was born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute Now Tuskegee University in and the National Negro Business League two decades later.
While working as an engineer for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit, Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered horseless carriage, the Quadricycle, in the shed behind his home. In , he established the Ford Motor Company, and five years later the company As a young man in Sunnyside, Washington, in , Roscoe Sheller rode for the first time in a Model T automobile, which had been introduced seven years earlier by Henry Ford.
He subsequently joined the local dealership and made his living selling the cars to skeptical consumers The internet got its start in the United States more than 50 years ago as a government weapon in the Cold War.
For years, scientists and Here are a dozen celebrated TV rides that By the s, technology had evolved to the point that individuals—mostly hobbyists and electronics buffs—could The event that laid the groundwork for this monumental change was the introduction of interchangeable parts, or Live TV. This Day In History.
History Vault. Selling the Model T Released on October 1, , the Ford Model T was a self-starting vehicle with a left-sided steering wheel, featuring an enclosed four-cylinder engine with a detachable cylinder head and a one-piece cylinder block.
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On October 1, , an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by On October 1, , in New York's final game of the regular season, Yankees slugger Roger Maris hits his 61st home run, becoming the first player in Major League Baseball to hit more than 60 in a season.
He tops former Yankees great Babe Ruth, who hit 60 home runs in Carter was raised a devoted Southern Baptist and graduated from the In an novel called Looking Backward: , author Edward Bellamy imagined a scene in which a time-traveler from reacts to a technological advance from the early 21st century that he describes as, "An arrangement for providing everybody with music in their homes, Carson went on to host The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for three decades, becoming one of the biggest figures in entertainment in the 20th century.
An earthquake in Whittier, California, kills 6 people and injures more on October 1, The quake was the largest to hit Southern California since , but not nearly as damaging as the Northridge quake that would devastate parts of Los Angeles seven years later.
Since Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Otis, a virulent opponent of unions, believed that the bomb was directed at him, Polly Klaas is abducted at knifepoint by an intruder in her Petaluma, California, home during a slumber party with two friends.
Despite a massive manhunt and national attention, there was no sign of the missing year-old or her abductor for two months. Eventually, investigators Beginning in , when he became
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