Tuesday, May 29, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 26 MAY

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

5.26.1880
Ernest John Sweetland, inventor of the Purolator oil filter, is born in Carson City, NV
5.26.1912
Cyril Snipe of England driving a S.C.A.T. becomes the first non-Italian winner of the Targa Florio
5.26.1934
The Ford Rotunda designed by Albert Kahn opens at the Chicago (IL) Century of Progress exposition
5.26.1938
Racer Peter Westbury is born in London, England
5.26.1950
Great Britain ends World War II gasoline rationing

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick

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