Wednesday, February 21, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 20 FEBRUARY

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

2.20.1907
The Biddle-Murray Manufacturing Company of Oak Park, IL closes its doors after three years of limited automobile production
2.20.1934
Racer Robert William “Bobby” Unser is born in Albuquerque, NM
2.20.1953
Dean Alvin Walters, Technical Service Manager for Willys Motors Inc. and an employee of the company since 1909, dies at age 63
2.20.1959
Racer Scott Everts Brayton is born in Coldwater, MI
2.20.1993
Ferruccio Lamborghini dies in Perugia, Italy at age 76

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

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