Friday, February 23, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 23 FEBRUARY

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

2.23.1891
Edward Francis Fisher, a cofounder of the Fisher Body Company, is born in Norwalk, OH
2.23.1914
The first Saxon is sold and shipped to its new owner
2.23.1939
Edward F. Hallock of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Company dies at age 50
2.23.1954
The 500,000th post-World War II Jeep is produced
2.23.1960
Racer Peter Kox is born in the Netherlands

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

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