| This Day in Auto History: 1.26.1871
"Sir Arthur Philip Du Cros of the Dunlop Rubber Company Ltd. is bornin Dublin, Ireland"
1.26.1906
"Fred H. Marriott, driving the Stanley steam-powered ``Wogglebug''at Ormond Beach, FL, raises the land speed record to 127.659 MPH - thiswould be the last time that a steam-powered vehicle would hold thisrecord"
1.26.1922
Sidney Kelly of the Ford Motor Company is born in New York City
1.26.1932
"Automotive parts manufacturer James D. Sutherland dies in NewHaven, CT at age 59"
1.26.1953
Charles E. Wilson resigns as President of General Motors to becomeSecretary of Defense in the cabinet of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
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