Thursday, March 20, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

3.20.1871
Charles Paillet, a sculptor and designer of automobile mascots with an animal theme, is born in Moulins, France
3.20.1894
George Everett Whitlock, a Dodge Brothers, Inc. official 1914-1929 before entering the steel business, is born in Georgetown, IL
3.20.1926
Roland Peugeot is born in Valentigney, France
3.20.1935
Rudolph M. Hunter, a pioneer designer of electric automobiles, dies at age 78
3.20.1952
The Fiat “Otto Vu” with a 2-litre V-8 is introduced at the Geneva Show

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

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