Fisher Body is an A small variety of cars, the most popular kind of automobile. An automobile is a wheeled vehicle that carries its own engine. Different types of automobile include cars, buses, vans and trucks, with cars being the most popular by far. Older terms include horseless carriage and motor car, with motor... automobile coachbuilder now part of GM redirects here. For other uses, see GM (disambiguation). General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Oldsmobile, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. Chevrolet and GMC divisions produce... General Motors. The company was founded on July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. Events 1499 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. 1587 - Colony of Roanoke: A second group of English settlers arrive on Roanoke... July 22, 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 1 - A ball signifying New Years Day drops in New York Citys Times Square for the first time January 8 - A train collision occurs in the Park Avenue Tunnel in... 1908 by Albert, Fred, and Charles Fisher of This article refers to the largest city of Michigan. For other places with this name, see Detroit (disambiguation). City nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in the state of Michigan Founded July 24, 1701 County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 370.2 km... Detroit, State nickname: Wolverine State or Great Lakes State Other U.S. States Capital Lansing Largest city Detroit Governor Jennifer Granholm Official languages English Area 250,941 km² (11th)  - Land 147,255 km²  - Water 103,687 km² (41.3%) Population ( 2000)  - Population 9... Michigan. Their company became one of the top coachbuilders in the United States, building their signature factory, Fisher Body 21, in 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary... 1919. At the time, the company had more than 40 buildings housing 3,700,000 sq.ft of floor space.

Prior to forming the company, Fred Fisher had built the body of the Cadillac Osceola at the Wilson Body Company. Starting in 1910 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). Events January-April January - In Greece, the Military League forces parliament and the king to summon National Assembly to revise Constitution. January 15- In the United Kingdom, General Election held in response to House of Lords rejection of... 1910, Fisher became the supplier of all closed bodies for Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the USA; outside of North America, they have been less successful. In the United States, the name became a synonym for high quality, used in such phrases as the Cadillac of clocks... Cadillac, and also built for Buick is a brand of automobile built in the United States and China by General Motors. Buicks are also sold in Canada and Israel. History Buick originated as an independent motor car manufacturer, the Buick Motor Company, incorporated on May 19, 1903 by David Dunbar Buick (who invented the enameled... Buick. General Motors bought 60% of the company in 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). Events January January 1 - Iolaire sinking disaster January 1 - Edsel Ford succeeds his father as head of the Ford Motor Company January 5 - Spartacist uprising - Socialist demonstrations in Berlin turn into attempted communist revolution January 9 - Spartacus revolutionary... 1919 before integrating it entirely as an in-house coachbuilding division in 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-April January 1 - Irelands first regular radio service, 2RN (later Radio Éireann), begins broadcasting. January 8 - Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz January 12 - Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll... 1926. Fisher purchased Fleetwood Metal Body in Events January-May January 3 - Benito Mussolini announces he is taking dictatorial powers over Italy. January 5 - Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes the first female governor in the United States. January 21 - Albania declares itself a republic January 30 - Government of Turkey throws Patriarch Constantine VI out of Istanbul February 1... 1925. It was split from Ternstedt and recombined in 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is... 1968. Fisher was dissolved by being merged with other GM operations in 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events January January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 22 independent units January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the... 1984.

Fisher milestones:

• 1930 - Slanted windshields for reduced glare
• 1933 - "No-Draft" ventilation
• 1934 - One-piece steel "turret top" roofs
• 1936 - Dual windshield wipers
• 1969 - Fisher's "Side Guard Beam" is introduced
• 1974 - Invented the ignition interlock system
• 1974 - Produced GM's first An airbag is a flexible membrane or envelope, inflatable to contain air or some other gas. Air bags are most commonly used for cushioning, in particular after very rapid inflation in the case of a collision. An automobile airbag, like this one from a crashed SEAT Ibiza car, deflates after... airbag
• 1975 - Fisher develops GM's first all-metric vehicle, the The Chevrolet Chevette was Chevrolets version of GMs worldwide T-car program of the 1970s. The T-car was actually first launched in Brazil under this name in 1974, as a two-door sedan- the Brazilian Chevette line eventually included a hatchback and a station wagon (named Maraj... Chevrolet Chevette
• 1983 - Fisher Body and Buick division's Flint, Michigan is a city in Genesee County along the Flint River about 60 miles northwest of Detroit. Its population in 1998 was 131,000 people, and it is the fourth largest city in Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 124,943. It is... Flint, Michigan operations are combined as Buick City
• 1984 - The remainder of Fisher is melded with other GM divisions