| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1908/07/00 | Summer of 1908 through the spring of 1909, William A Chryst and William Anderson help Edward Deeds build a car from a kit. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1910/00/00 | Henry Leland of Cadillac, asks Charles Kettering to design an automobile self-starter prototype to replace the hand crank, which is dangerous to operate. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1910/10/00 | Still working out of Deeds' barn at 319 Central Avenue, in the fall of 1910, Charles Kettering recruits seven former NCR employees to work with him. Known as the 'Barn Gang', the group forms the beginning of the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1910/12/00 | By December 1910, Charles Kettering and the barn gang develop an initial self-starter, and Henry Leland sends a Cadillac motor to use for testing. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1911/01/00 | Henry Leland sends a Cadillac automobile for testing and refinement of the automobile self-starter. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1911/02/00 | By mid-February 1911, Kettering and his crew have created asuccessful self-starter prototype, which is an integrated ignition and lighting system. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1911/06/05 | Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company files a US patent for an electric starter designed by Charles F Kettering, with Henry M Leland. Patent 1,150,523: Starting of engines by means of electric motors the motors being associated with current generators | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
| 1911/11/00 | Again impressed, Henry Leland of Cadillac orders 12,000 self-starters from Delco Electronics Corp. | Deeds' Barn, Kettering |
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