(MENAFN- Live Mint) On this day: Several significant events took place on July 23. In 1903, Ford Motor Company sold its first car. In 1999, the space shuttle Columbia launched with the world's most powerful X-ray telescope, and Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a U.S. space flight. Additionally, on July 23, 2024, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the 2024-25 national budget during the Budget Session of Parliament.
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Ford Motor Company sold its first car in 1903
Ford Motor Company sold its first car, Model A, for $850 in 1903. With 12 investors and 1000 shares, the company had spent almost all of its $28,000 cash investment by the time it sold its first car. As stated on the company's website , by October 1, 1903, the company had turned a profit of $37,000.
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In 1999, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world's most powerful X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins became the first woman to command a U.S. space flight.
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In 1983, an Air Canada Boeing 767 ran out of fuel during a flight from Montreal to Edmonton. The pilots managed to glide the aircraft to a safe emergency landing in Gimli, Manitoba. The incident happened because the fuel was incorrectly measured in pounds instead of kilograms, due to Canada's switch to the metric system.
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In 1982, actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen, were tragically killed when a helicopter crashed during the filming of a Vietnam War scene for Twilight Zone: The Movie. Director John Landis and four others were later found not guilty of manslaughter charges.
(With inputs from Associated Press)
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