This Day in Auto History: 7 June

7.7.1899 - William A. Hatcher completes the drawings for the first Packard

7.7.1919 - Roger J. Helder of the Chrysler Corporation is born in Grand Rapids, MI

7.7.1936 - Racer Eldon Rasmussen is born

7.7.1944 - Racer Steve Krisiloff is born

7.7.1958 - Joseph F. Merkel, designer/manufacturer of the 1905-1907 Merkel, dies in Rochester, NY

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

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