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May 19th is... National Malcolm X Day, Boys Club Day/Boys and Girls Club Day, Celebrate Your Elected Officials Day, May Ray Day, National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day/National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, National Hepatitis Testing Day, World IBD Day/
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June 4th is... Henry Ford unveils Quadricycle (1896), Audacity to Hope Day, Hug Your Cat Day/International (World) Hug Your Cat Day, International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, Mom's Equal Pay Day/Mother's Equal Pay Day, National SAFE Day, National Cognac Day, National Frozen Yogurt Day, National Cheese Day, Born in the USA Day (1984), Radial Tire Birthday (1946), Socrates's Birthday (470 BC), Aesop's Birthday (620 BC), Shopping Cart Birthday (1937), Old Maid's Day, National Punk Day, International Corgi Day, National Day of Mourning for George Floyd, Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 Memorial Day, Killdozer Day, National Clean Beauty Day, National Troll Day, Battle of Midway, World Day of Fertility, Flag Day (Finland), Flag Day (Estonia), Emancipation Day (Tonga), Devon Day (UK), National Unity Day (Hungary)
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Henry Ford unveils Quadricycle (1896)
-- Henry Ford unveils the Quadricycle, an ethanol-powered proto-automobile, the first automobile he ever designed or drove, on June 4, 1896, at approximately 4 a.m. in the coal shed behind his home on Bagley Avenue in Detroit. It achieved a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h). So cars evolved from bicycle technology and advancements in the internal combustion engine, not from horses and carriages, as people might think. Ford used the success of the Quadricycle to found his motor car company.
Read: Drive! Henry Ford, George Selden, and the Race to Invent the Auto Age
-- Drive! is the most complete account of the wild early days of the auto age. Lawrence Goldstone tells the fascinating story of how the internal combustion engine, a theory looking for an application, evolved into an innovation that would change history. Debunking many long-held myths along the way, Drive! shows that the creation of the automobile was not the work of one man but very much a global effort. Long before anyone had heard of Henry Ford, men with names like Benz, Peugeot, Renault, and Daimler were building and marketing the world's first cars.
Ford Quadricycle Greeting Card
-- Henry Ford (July 30, 1863, died April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, He developed the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He is credited with Fordism - the mass production of inexpensive goods and high worker wages. In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company. After his promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to devote to his experiments on gasoline engines. These experiments culminated in completing a self-propelled vehicle, which he named the Ford Quadricycle. He test-drove it on June 4, 1896.
1896 Ford Quadricycle
-- Automobile: An 1896 Ford Quadricycle, the first automobile built by Henry Ford, is powered by a two-cylinder gasoline engine and achieves a Maximum Speed Of 20 Miles Per Hour. This licensed reproduction printed on Premium Heavy Stock Paper captures all of the original's vivid colors and details. The overall paper size is 18.00 x 24.00 inches. This print is ready for hanging or framing and would make a great addition to your home or office decor.
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