This Day in Auto History: 06 September

9.6.1907 - A Stearns 30-60 with seven passengers on board becomes the first motor vehicle to reach the summit of Pikes Peak, CO under its own power for the entire distance

9.6.1916 - Stewart James Wolfe of General Motors and American Motors is born in Kings, NY

9.6.1938 - V. G. Barford, Chief Designer for J. I. Thornycroft & Company, Ltd., dies at age 66

9.6.1945 - Richard Vryling Le Sueur, President of the Imperial Oil Company, Ltd., dies in Toronto, ON, Canada
at age 64

9.6.1958 - Rudolph C. Norberg, President of the Willard Storage Battery Company 1928-1941, dies at age 77

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

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