October 7, 1913
Ford introduced continuously moving assembly line to assemble chassis in Highland Park automobile factory, assembly was divided into 29 operations performed by 29 men spaced along moving belt. This systems reduced man-hours to complete one "Model T" from 12 1/2 hours to six (reduced to 93 man-minutes in a year; eventually, one Model T produced every 24 seconds), drastically reduce the cost of the Model T, made car affordable to ordinary consumers.
October 7, 1976
Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer was born in Avià, Barcelona He won the Dakar Rally in 2006 riding a KTM motorcycle. He is also the World Champion in the Rallies Cross Country Motorcycles Tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
October 7, 2007
Norifumi "Norick" Abe, a Japanese Moto GP racer died in a traffic accident while riding a 500 cc Yamaha T-Max scooter in Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He collided with a truck, which made an illegal U-turn in front of him, at 6:20pm local time. He was pronounced dead two and a half hours later at 8:50pm at the hospital where he was taken for treatment.
Ford Assembly Line
Marc Coma
Norifumi "Norick" Abe
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