Wednesday, March 12, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

3.12.1882
Erwin George “Cannon Ball” Baker is born in Lawrenceburg, IN
3.12.1928
Kurt Volkhart takes the Opel RAK-1 rocket-powered car for its first test run in Russelsheim, Germany
3.12.1952
Albert G. Partridge of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company dies at age 71
3.12.1963
Racer John Andretti is born in Bethlehem, PA
3.12.1969
Racer Gareth Rees is born in Great Britain

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

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