Monday, February 25, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

2.25.1899
The first motor vehicle accidental death in Great Britain occurs in London
2.25.1920
Henry Russel of Oldsmobile dies at age 67
2.25.1943
Racer Jurgen Lassig is born in Tuttlingen, Germany
2.25.1957
Sir William M. Letts, pioneer British automobile designer and founder of the Automobile Association, dies in Llandudno, Wales one day short of his 84th birthday
2.25.1964
Maurice Farman, pioneer racer, luxury automobile manufacturer, and airplane designer, dies in Paris, France at age 86

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

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