1894	Errett Loban Cord is born on a Missouri farm. Loban was Cord's mother's maiden name
1924	E.L. Cord comes to Auburn Automobile Company as Vice-President and General Manager
1924	Lycoming produces a revolutionary straight-eight engine for the 1924 Auburn
1929	E.L. Cord forms the Cord Corporation, a holding company which owned the Auburn Automobile Co.
1929	The Cord Corporation acquires Lycoming's remaining stock
1929	The Cord Corporation acquires Stinson Aircraft
1929	The Cord Corporation acquires Columbia Axle
1929	America's first front wheel drive car, the Cord L-29 Sedan is produced. Designers were John Oswald & Al Leamy
1930	E.L. Cord's first wife Helen Frische dies. Cord later remarries Virginia Tharpe
1930	The Marx Brothers purchase a 1930 Cord L-29 Phaeton
1930	Cord L-29 Cabriolet
1931	Cord L-29 Speedster
1935	Various Cord 810 prototypes are completed between July and October
1935	100 non-operational Cords are taken to major auto shows in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles
1936	The first finished Cords issue from the Connersville, Indiana factory in March
1936	Dealers receive initial deliveries of the Cord 810
1936	Cord 810 "The Coppertone Cord"
1936	Cord 810 Westchester Sedan priced at $1,995
1936	Cord 810 Beverly Sedan priced at $2,095
1936	Cord 810 Convertible Coupe priced at $2,145
1936	Cord 810 Convertible Sedan priced at $2,195
1937	Supercharged engines are added to the model 812 line
1937	812 Supercharged Hardtop Coupe
1937	E.L. Cord sells a financially depleted Cord Corporation to New York financiers
1951	The New York Museum of Modern Art includes the the Cord 812 in "Eight Automobiles" exhibit
1952	Harry Denhard of Greenville, New York places ad seeking Auburn Cord Duesenberg preservationists
1952	Thirty-Five people respond to Harry's ad. The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Club is formed
1974	E.L. Cord dies in Nevada