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dates = new Array(...document.querySelector('.timeline__header-list').children).map(x => x.innerText);
titles = new Array(...document.querySelector('.fds-carousel-slides').children).map(x => x.children[0].innerText.split('\n\n')[0].toLowerCase());
dates.map((d, i) => `${d} - ${titles[i]}`).join('\n')
1896 - henry ford builds the quadricycle
1899 - henry ford joins a group that founds the detroit automobile company
1901 - henry ford defeats the top racecar driver of the era
1903 - the ford motor company is incorporated
1904 - ford motor company of canada is founded
1907 - ford introduces the scripted typeface of its trademark
1908 - ford opens its first overseas sales branch in paris
1908 - ford introduces the model t
1913 - ford introduces the integrated moving assembly line to auto production
1914 - ford institutes the famous \"$5 day\"
1917 - ford begins construction of the river rouge complex
1917 - ford motor company produces its first ever truck
1918 - ford’s river rouge complex begins manufacturing antisubmarine patrol boats
1919 - edsel ford succeeds henry ford as president of the company
1922 - ford acquires the lincoln motor company
1925 - ford begins production of ford tri-motor airplanes
1927 - ford begins selling the 1928 model a
1932 - ford introduces the flathead v8 engine
1936 - ford begins selling the lincoln zephyr line
1938 - ford unveils the medium-priced mercury brand
1941 - ford begins producing jeeps for the u.s. military
1941 - ford signs its first contract with the uaw-cio
1942 - ford halts civilian auto production in the united states to produce military equipment
1943 - edsel ford dies
1945 - henry ford ii becomes president of ford motor company
1948 - ford introduces the f-series line of trucks
1948 - ford introduces the 1949 ford
1954 - ford introduces the thunderbird
1954 - ford begins crash testing its vehicles
1956 - ford becomes a publicly traded company
1956 - the continental division of the ford motor company introduces the continental mk ii
1957 - ford introduces the edsel
1959 - ford credit is founded
1964 - the ford mustang goes on sale
1965 - ford germany and ford u.k. collaborate to release the transit in europe
1965 - ford-philco engineers unveil the mission control center used to put a man on the moon
1966 - three ford gt40 mk. iis sweep the podium at the 24 hours of le mans
1970 - ford introduces three-point, self-adjusting and retracting front outboard lap and shoulder belts
1976 - ford of europe introduces the ford fiesta
1978 - ford introduces the downsized panther platform
1980 - phillip caldwell succeeds henry ford ii
1981 - ford begins selling the fifth-generation escort world car
1985 - ford revolutionizes automotive design with the taurus
1986 - ford introduces the modular assembly line at its st. louis assembly plant
1990 - ford introduces the explorer
1993 - ford introduces the mondeo as its new global sedan
1996 - ford produces the ford ranger electric vehicle
1998 - the introduction of the lincoln navigator spurs rapid growth in the luxury suv segment
2001 - ford's board of directors names bill ford to replace jacques nasser as ceo
2003 - ford celebrates its 100th anniversary
2004 - ford introduces the gt as its premium sports car
2006 - alan mullaly becomes ford's president and ceo
2007 - ford begins offering sync in vehicles sold as 2008 models
2009 - ford begins offering its turbocharged ecoboost line of engines
2011 - ford discontinues the mercury line to concentrate all its efforts on the ford and lincoln brands
2014 - mark fields succeeds alan mulally as ford's president and ceo
2014 - the ford mustang celebrates its 50th anniversary
2014 - ford introduces the 13th generation, 2015 f-150
2016 - ford smart mobility, llc is created
2016 - ford celebrates 50-year anniversary of 24 hours of le mans
2017 - jim hackett becomes ford ceo
2018 - ford acquires corktown campus
2019 - ford debuts the all electric mustang mach-e
2020 - ford launches the all electric e-transit
2020 - ford's board of directors names jim farley to replace jim hackett as ceo
2020 - ford brings back the iconic bronco
2021 - ford reveals the truck of the future, the all electric f-150 lightning
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