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henry ford launched the first american automaker company
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ford motor company of canada receives its provinical charter to do business in canada
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henry ford succeeded john gray as the president of the company
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the first model t car was available to the public, 15 million were produced
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the company opens sales in london, england
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manuractering operations were transferred to highland park, michigan
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ford opens assembly plant in trafford park, manchester, england
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he was the first japanese to be hired by ford
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the first experiments were done with assembly line
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a contract was signed to sell the model t in china
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contracts were signed to sell model t in indonesia, siam and dutch indies
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sales operations began in sao paulo, brazil
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ford offers to pay $5 for an eight-hour day
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1 million cars were produced during that year
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ford establishes automobiles ford in france and announces plans to build an assembly line in bordeaux
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construction of massive rouge automotive manufacturing complex begins
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edsel ford succeeds his father henry ford as president of the company
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ford exceeds to 1 million cars per year, nearly ten times more than chevrolet the next selling brand
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ford motor company purchased lincoln motor company for $8 million
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ford introduces ford tri-motor airplane for airline services
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ford airport dedicated in dearborn
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five-day, 40-hour work week adopted for factory workers
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ford tri-motor makes first flight from ford airport
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ford introduces the next generation mdel a from the rouge complex and production begins
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ford regains crown production, with production peaking at 1.5 million cars
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ford decided to build its own 20millionth car
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ford launches its first car designed specifically for europe, the mdel y, starting in england
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first ford one-piece cast iron v8-engine-equipped car built
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last of 199 ford tri-motor planes built
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henry and edsel ford established the ford foundation, fund it with company stock
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ford finally built its 25 millionth car
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a car is built at colonge every three minutes. the plant operates at full capacicity
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ford builds first general purpose vehicle for military at rouge plant
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edsel ford dies at the age of 49.henry ford re-elected and resumes precidency on june 1 for the duration of the war
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henry ford II elected vice president
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henry ford II elected executive vice president
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ernest breech named vice president of the company
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henry ford dies at fair lane,his dearborn,michigan estate, at the age of 83.an estimated 7 million americans mourned his passing
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benson ford elected a company vice president and general manager of lincoln-mercury division
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production begins on model ford, first postwar design
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william clay ford elected a director
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ford introduces thunderbird as a personal luxury car with a v8
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ernest breech was appointed chairman of the company
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mercury,edsel,lincoln are joined to form m-e-l division
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ford introduces mercury comet, first upscale compact car
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ernest breech resigns as chairman.henry ford elected chairman in addition to his presidency
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henry ford II resigns presidency and becomes ceo, in addition to remaining chairman
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ford mustang and gt40 introduced
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lotus-ford racer wins indianapolis 500
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one-millionth mustang built in less than 2 years from start of production
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mercury cougar introduced as america's first luxury/sports car at a popular price
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ford mustang II is introduced
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edsel ford joins the company as product analyst
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marian heiskell becomes first woman elected to the board
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new ford fiesta introduced in europe,starting in germany
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henry ford II and david rockefeller announce phase two renaissance center
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ford motor company earns record profits,$4.63 billion
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henry ford II dies
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the first ford vehicle begins in india
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ford reported record $6.9 billion in earnings, thus allowing employees to earn record profit sharing at average of $6,000
