Thursday, March 15, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 15 MARCH

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

3.15.1905
George Russell of General Motors is born in Glasgow, Scotland
3.15.1913
Racer Jack Fairman is born in Smallfield, Surrey, England
3.15.1937
Automotive historian William G. Holder is born in Richmond, IN
3.15.1954
Plymouth offers power brakes as a $36.55 option
3.15.1961
Soviet automotive engineer N. R. Briling dies in Moscow at age 84

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

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