5 November 1895 Posted on November 4, 2021 by Staff George B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile. Famous Words of Inspiration..."We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge, or gallantry, would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams — Click here for more from John Adams Related posts: 8 November 1895 22 May 1906 5 November 1943 12 August 1851 3 November 1911 4 September 1888 10 September 1846 7 February 2006 26 August 1791 22 September 1987