Thursday, March 13, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

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This Day in Auto History:

3.13.1882
Torkild Rieber, Chairman of The Texas Company (Texaco) 1935-1940, is born in Voss, Norway
3.13.1913
Racer Joe Kelly is born in Ireland
3.13.1923
Donald Nelson Frey of the Ford Motor Company is born in St. Louis, MO
3.13.1931
The Marmon-Herrington Company, Inc. is incorporated in Indiana
3.13.1948
The Playboy is introduced at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City

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

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