Tuesday, October 31, 2006

This Day in Auto History: 10.31

Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

10.31.1901
Packard uses its famous “Ask the man who owns one” slogan in their advertising for the first time
10.31.1913
A National Day of Celebration is staged to officially dedicate the Lincoln Highway
10.31.1925
The Rockingham Board Speedway in Salem, NH stages its first event, a 250-mile race won by Peter DePaolo in a Duesenberg
10.31.1940
George W. Hanson dies at age 65
10.31.1952
The Kaiser Dragon, an upscale version of the standard Kaiser Deluxe, is introduced on Halloween Day as a mid-year model

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


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