Wednesday, September 20, 2006

This Day in Auto History: 20 SEPTEMBER

9.20.1889 - Taine Gilbert McDougal of the AC Spark Plug Company is born in New Lexington, OH

9.20.1921 - Racer Horace Gould is born in Southmead, England

9.20.1940 - Adrian Squire, designer of the 1934-1936 Squire sports car, is killed in Bristol, England during a German air raid

9.20.1947 - Heatley Green, an automobile parts manufacturer since 1901, dies in Detroit, MI

9.20.1963 - The 1964 Plymouths are introduced

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

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