CHRONOLOGY

1910	The Ford Motor Company began operations at its factory in Highland Park in Michigan.
1913	His company started overseas trading. He introduced the first moving automobile assembly, which is used everywhere even today.
1914	Ford announced his plan to share The Ford Motor Company’s profits with his workers, paying them $ 5 for an eight-hour day, which was far above what his competitors were paying.
1915	His "Peace Ship", The Oscar II, set sail for Norway on a pacifist expedition to end the World War I.
1917	Construction began on a massive industrial facility on the Rouge River in Dearborn. The first truck, Model ‘TT’, was built.
1918	Ford stood for the United States Senate, but was defeated.
1919	His son, Edsel B. Ford, was nominated for the post of the president of The Ford Motor Company.
1921	The Ford Company dominated auto production with 55 % of the industry’s total output.
1922	The Ford Company bought The Lincoln Motor Company.
1927	The Final assembly line was transferred from the Highland Park plant to the Rouge River plant. Production of the Model ‘T’ was… terminated, and the Model ‘A’ was introduced.
1932	Ford’s first V-8, eight cylindered car was built.
1933	He stifled the efforts of labor organizations to unionize the workers at the Ford Plants.
1937	The ‘Battle of the Overpass’ occurred between Ford security staff and United Auto Workers’ union organizers. The conflict resulted in the court decision, ordering Ford not to interfere with the union activity.
1941	The Ford Motor Company signed a contract with the United Auto Workers. They produced the first military ‘Jeep’.
1942	Ford temporarily stopped, the production of civilian cars, because of outbreak of World War II and shifted to military production.
1943	Ford’s only son, Edsel B. Ford died at the age of 49.
APRIL 7, 1947	Henry Ford dies at the age of 83, at Fair Lane, Dearborn, Michigan, in U.S.A.
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