Glenn Curtis sold the first airplane in the US for just $5,000.
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Donald Trump announced he was running for President.
Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Washington National Airport became the US first federal airport.
Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, was released in the US.
IBM was founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.