Henry Ford, the man who put America on wheels and changed thefabric of American society, died in his bed of a cerebralhemorrhage just before midnight on April 7, 1947 €" 56 yearsago from April 7, 2003. H...
Henry Ford Death Anniversary Home Events Events on 7 April Henry Ford Death Anniversary Henry Ford died on 7 April, 1947American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. Though wrongly credited to have invented the assembly line technique of mass production, Ford applied it successfully...
Henry Ford's son,Edsel Bryant Ford,1893–1943, b. Detroit, shared in the control of the vast Ford industrial interests. He was president of the Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death, when his father once more became (1943) president of the company. The eldest Ford soon retired ag...
Henry Ford II. Henry Ford died at age 83 on April 7, 1947, of a cerebral hemorrhage at his Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan. More than 5,000 people per hour filed past his casket at a public viewing held at Greenfield Village. Funeral services were ...
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In 1919, Henry, Clara, and Edsel Ford acquired the interest of all minority stockholders for $105,820,894 and became the sole owners of the Company. Edsel, who succeeded his father as president in 1919, occupied that position until his death in 1943, when Henry Ford returned to the post...
Henry Ford died at his home, in Fairlane in Dearborn, on 7 April 1947, at 11.40pm. He was 83. At the time of his death, the local Rouge river had flooded causing a local power cut. With Kerosene lamps and candles lit, the scene must have been more reminiscent of his birth 83 year...
When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it – Henry Ford When Everything goes against you:A failure need not be equated to death. It is after all an outcome that we’re not happy about. Our approach to these outcome...
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In 1879, at the age of 16, Henry Ford left his home, walked six miles to the Michigan Car Company, a railroad-car manufacturer in Detroit, and took a job there for $1.10 a day. However, that did not last long as he was fired on the sixth day. It is said that he had angered ...