This Day In History - 1915 Charles Kettering receives patent for electric self-starte

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Charles Kettering receives patent for electric self-starter - Aug 17, 1915 - HISTORY.com

Charles F. Kettering, co-founder of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) in Dayton, Ohio, is issued U.S. Patent No. 1,150,523 for his “engine-starting device”–the first electric ignition device for automobiles–on August 17, 1915.