Honda's Ohio Plant Produced First Japanese Car in America 44 Years Ago
The Marysville facility launched U.S. manufacturing for Japanese automakers on November 1, 1982.
By Peter Graham ·
Honda built the first Japanese car in the United States on November 1, 1982. The vehicle rolled off the assembly line at a manufacturing plant in Marysville, Ohio.
That single event started Japanese car production in America. Honda became the first foreign automaker to build vehicles on U.S. soil.
The plant in Marysville was the location for this milestone. It marked the beginning of a long period of foreign auto manufacturing in the region.
On this same date, November 1, Pope Julius II opened the Sistine Chapel ceiling in 1512. Michelangelo painted the ceiling with scenes from the Bible.
In 1755, a major earthquake hit Lisbon, Portugal. The quake was estimated at 8.5 magnitude or higher. It caused a tsunami and fires that killed tens of thousands of people.
The Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament went into effect on this day in 1765. American colonists resisted the new tax strongly.
John Adams and his wife Abigail moved into the White House on November 1, 1800. The building was unfurnished and unfinished at the time. They lived there for less than five months before Thomas Jefferson took office in March 1801.
Abraham Lincoln named George B. McClellan General-in-Chief of the Union armies on this date in 1861. McClellan replaced Winfield Scott during the Civil War.
Nicholas II became Emperor of Russia on November 1, 1894. He succeeded his father, Alexander III.
Benito Mussolini used the word axis to describe the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany in a speech in Milan in 1936. He said the axis ran between Rome and Berlin.
Seabiscuit beat War Admiral by four lengths in a two-horse match on this day in 1938. The race was called the Race of the Century and took place at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.
Two Puerto Rican nationalists tried to kill President Harry S. Truman on November 1, 1950. They tried to force their way into Blair House in Washington, D.C. One nationalist and a White House police officer were killed in the attempt.
Source: The Reporter
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