This Day in Auto History:

4.1.1898 The Winton Motor Carriage Company completes its first sale as Robert Allison of Port Carbon, PA receives a one cylinder Winton phaeton 4.1.1905 Jean-Marie Letourneur and Jean-Arthur Marchand form a partnership in Paris, France to design and construct custom automobile bodies 4.1.1909 The Welch Motor Car Company of Pontiac, MI registers “Welch” as a trademark 4.1.1919 The first Cleveland is produced by the Cleveland Automobile Company, a subsidiary of the Chandler Motor Car Company 4.1.1927 Race car mechanic Herb Nab is born in Fruita, CO

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