CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins87% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 87%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterWikipedia[2] says the company "was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903" and This Day in Automotive History[1] says the papers dated June 16, 1903 were signed that morning, though they reached the state office the next day, so June 17 was when it became a legal company; the pin uses the signing date.
On 16 June 1903 in Detroit Henry Ford and a group of investors signed the incorporation papers for Ford Motor Company; the filing reached the Michigan Secretary of State the next day and the first Model A order followed within a month.
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