The Lincoln Highway connected New York City on the East Coast to San Francisco on the West Coast, traversing 13 states along the way.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
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Henry Hale Bliss, a Manhattan real estate salesman, was helping a female companion name as Miss Lee disembark a southbound 8th Avenue trolley car at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York City.
Alice Huyler Ramsey became the first woman to drive an automobile across a continent when she completed a 59-day road trip from New York to San Francisco.
Rolls-Royce Limited was established by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce.
The modern 3-point seat belt was created by Swedish inventor Nils Bohlin, who was a safety engineer for car manufacturer Volvo.
The DeLorean DMC-12 sports car was later used as the time machine in Back to the Future.
Thomas Midgeley Jr. discovered that adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knocking in automobile engines.
The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.
The first NASCAR race took place at the Charlotte Speedway in North Carolina.
The first Formula One World Championship Grand Prix race took place at the Silverstone circuit in England.
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
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