Tuesday, January 30, 2007

this Day in Auto History: 30 JANUARY

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

1.30.1901
"Racer Rudolph Caracciola is born in Remagen, Germany"
1.30.1920
"Toyo Kogyo Company Ltd. is founded in Hiroshima, Japan - in 1960the firm would begin manufacturing the Mazda automobile"
1.30.1930
"Alfred Herrhausen of Daimler-Benz AG is born in Diplom-Kaufmann,Germany"
1.30.1942
The last pre-World War II DeSoto is produced
1.30.1966
"Harold H. Seaman, cofounder of the Seaman Body Corporation thatproduced automobile bodies primarily for Nash and Pierce-Racine, dies inChandler, AZ at age 86"

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

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