This Day in Auto History: 04 MAY

This Day in Auto History: 5.4.1904 The Prvni Ceskomoravska Tovarna na Stroje v Praze (First Czecho-Moravian Machinery Factory) Board of Directors approve a feasibility study to consider the production of automobiles, resulting in the birth of the Praga marque 5.4.1920 Harry A. Miller is issued a United States patent for a race car incorporating many features later copied by other manufacturers 5.4.1940 Racer Peter Holden Gregg is born in New York City 5.4.1954 The General Motors Board of Directors authorizes the development of an ultra-luxury car, the Cadillac Eldorado Brougham, under the direction of stylist Ed. Glowacke and engineer Fred Arnold 5.4.1966 Vittorio Valletta of Fiat signs a contract with Soviet Minister of Automobile Production Aleksandr N. Tarasov to construct a factory in the USSR

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