This Day in Auto History: 08 AUGUST

8.8.1904 The Peerless Green Dragon becomes the first car to exceed 60 mph in Canada

8.8.1919 The Hispano-Suiza “Stork” mascot is patented by designer F. Bazin

8.8.1935 Doc MacKenzie clinches the Eastern AAA racing title by winning the 50-mile feature in Langhorne, PA

8.8.1939 The last Packard V-12 is produced

8.8.1946 Edward Thomas Schafer, Governor of North Dakota 1992-date whose various business ventures include a collectible car dealership, is born in Bismarck, ND

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick
Photo Credit: http://peerlessmotorcar.com/images/green_dragon_page.jpg