Topic: - on October 1, 2002 at 8:15:30 AM CEST
Ford's Model T first hit the road 94 years ago today
Events which happened on this day in history include:
1843 The News of the World was first published.
1869 The Midland Railway opened St Pancras station in London.
1870 The first British halfpenny postage stamp, in lilac, was issued for the introduction of pre-paid postcards.
1880 The Edison Lamp Works began operations in New Jersey to manufacture the first electric light bulbs.
1908 Henry Ford introduced the Model T car at a price of $850 - within 18 years production techniques reduced that to $310. His slogan was "You can have any colour you want as long as it's black".
1918 Arab forces under Emir Faisal, and including British officer TE Lawrence, captured Damascus from the Turks.
1936 The BBC began regular television broadcasts from Alexandra Palace, north London.
1969 Concorde 001 broke the sound barrier for the first time during a test flight in France.
1974 The first McDonald's opened in London to speed up the fast food revolution.
source: Orange
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