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May 2025
Ford Manufacturing Joins Ford Motor Co.
This day in 1907 The Ford Manufacturing Company becomes part of the Ford Motor Company.
Find out more »Eagle Boat Construction Begins
This day in 1918 construction begins of the 1st Ford Eagle Boat at the future Rouge plant.
Find out more »Byrd Flies Over North Pole
This day in 1926 Lt. Commander Richard E. Byrd flies over the North Pole in “Josephine Ford” – a Fokker Trimotor.
Find out more »Chicago Tribune vs. Henry Ford Trial Begins
This day in 1919 the Chicago Tribune vs. Henry Ford trial begins in Mt. Clemens, MI. Paper had called him an “ignorant idealist”
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