Wednesday, March 5, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

3.5.1903
The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM) is organized with 18 manufacturers as charter members following a successful patent infringement lawsuit against the Winton Motor Carriage Company on behalf of George B. Selden
3.5.1926
John David Caplan of General Motors is born in Weiser, ID
3.5.1929
Allen Edward Murray of the Mobil Corporation is born in New York City
3.5.1936
A. O. Dunk, prolific buyer of defunct automobile manufacturer inventories, dies in Los Angeles, CA at age 62
3.5.1952
Robert H. Duff, a Scottish-born truck engineer with the Chrysler Corporation since 1926, dies in Detroit, MI at age 54

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

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