Thursday, April 19, 2007

This Day In Auto Histroy: 18 APRIL

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

4.19.1892
L. Ray Buckendale of the Timken-Detroit Axle Company is born in Detroit, MI
4.19.1918
George Pope of Pope-Hartford dies at age 75
4.19.1937
The unique Airmobile conceived by Paul M. Lewis and designed with the assistance of former Franklin engineers Carl Doman and Ed Marks, is given its first road test in Syracuse, NY
4.19.1946
Barbara Jean Mahone of General Motors, the highest ranking black woman in the automobile industry, is born in Notasulga, AL
4.19.1954
Joseph Winterbotham (Jr.) of Mitchell and Nash dies at age 76

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

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