August Anniverseries:
1885 – AUG 29, The world’s first motorcycle, made by Gottlieb Daimler is patented.
1902 – AUG 22, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first US President to ride in an automobile.
1907 – AUG 13, the first taxicab takes to the streets in New York City.
1909 – AUG 10, the Ford trademark is registered by the Ford Motor Company.
1915 – AUG 17, Charles Kettering patents the electric self starter for automobiles
1937 – AUG 28, The Toyota Motor Company Ltd is established.
1939 – AUG 07, Brooklands circuit in England held it's last racing event
1941 – AUG 01, The first Jeep comes off the assembly line at the Willys truck Co.
1941 – AUG 04, Gasoline rationing begins in parts of the Eastern US, The US has not yet entered WW2.
1945 – AUG 15, WW2 gasoline rationing ends in the US.
1955 – AUG 31, the world’s first solar powered automobile designed by Wm.G. Cobb is demonstrated at General Motors Powerama exhibit in Chicago.
1975 – AUG 09, Mark Donohue set an American closed-course speed record of 221.120 MPH on the oval at Talledega, Alabama, in a Porsche 917/30
1976 - AUG 01, Last Formula One race at the old Nurburgring , Germany
