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 * 1933 &mdash; Richard M. Hollingshead Jr. is granted a patent on the drive-in movie theater
 * 1956 &mdash; The GM Technical Center is dedicated by President Eisenhower via radio link
 * 1996 &mdash; Ford Motor Company increases its investment in Mazda to a controlling 33.4% and nominates Henry Wallace as the first non-Japanese president of a major Japanese company