This Day in Auto Histroy: 24 AUGUST

24.1881 - Vincenzo Lancia is born in Fobello di Valsesia, Italy

8.24.1916 - John Herbert Gerstenmaier of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is born in Saint Paul, MN

8.24.1931 - Eugene John McMullen of Oldsmobile dies at age 44 from injuries resulting from an automobile accident

8.24.1946 - Charles H. McCrea, President of the National Malleable & Steel Castings Company since September 1942, dies in Cleveland, OH at age 56

8.24.1957 - Daniel S. Eddins, President of Oldsmobile 1925-1933 and President of Plymouth 1934-1952, dies at age 70

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