Thursday, September 11, 2008

This Day in Auto History

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Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
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9.11.1889
John Joseph Schumann Jr. of the General Motors Acceptance Corporation is born in New York City
9.11.1915
Sir Austin Ernest Bide of the British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. is born in London, England
9.11.1935
Gerald Greenwald of the Chrysler Corporation is born in St. Louis, MO
9.11.1967
Peter Monteverdi introduces his first automobile, the Monteverdi 375 S High Speed, at the Frankfurt (West Germany) Automobile Show
9.11.1978
Racer Ronnie Peterson dies at age 34 in Milan, Italy from injuries suffered when his Lotus-Cosworth crashed during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza

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

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