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Durant, pushed out of General Motors, starts a car company to take on Ford's Model T

Racing driver Louis Chevrolet lends his name and his engineering; Durant brings the business and the money.

On November 3, 1911, William C. Durant and Louis Chevrolet founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company, to compete with Henry Ford's Model T. Ford's car, introduced in 1908, had set the standard through mass production and affordable pricing. Durant, who had co-founded General Motors and been forced out, ran the business and raised the money. Chevrolet lent his name and engineering…

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1903

Panama breaks from Colombia; an American warship sits off Colón

Colombia's generals are separated from their troops, and a gunboat's shells mortally wound one man in Panama City.
1868

Louisiana's 2nd District elects John Willis Menard, a Black newspaper editor, to Congress

The Republican wins the unexpired term of the late Democrat James Mann in a special election, during Reconstruction.
1948

The Tribune's early edition crowns Dewey; the returns say otherwise

A printers' strike pushed the press deadline hours earlier, and about 150,000 copies roll before the count turns.
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Officers who threatened Congress over unpaid wages in the spring now go home under the authority they once defied.
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1900

Washington says it will buy the Danish West Indies for $7 million

The second American attempt in three decades to take the islands, this time with the Caribbean suddenly a strategic priority.
1904

A train leaves City Hall underground, and New York gets its subway

Mayor George McClellan takes the controls himself for the ceremonial run before paying riders board that evening for a nickel.
1886

Rain and fog over the harbor; Cleveland unveils Liberty before 2,000 shivering guests

A two-decade French gift reaches New York, and the torch is lit for the first time.
1889

Gunmen behind a boulder hit Wham's paymaster convoy; eight Buffalo Soldiers wounded, $28,345 gone

A dozen riflemen firing from pre-built breastworks above an Arizona gorge stripped the Army payroll; Frankie Campbell's horse was still picking around the obstacle when the ambush opened.
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