This Day in Auto History: 12 September

9.12.1897 - The Arona-Stresa-Arona race is staged, the second ever held in Italy

9.12.1914 - Charles Colmery Gibson, Vice President of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and a 36-year employee of the firm, is born in Edwards, MS

9.12.1926 - Alfred Neubauer introduces a code system for communicating with drivers during his first appearance as manager of the Mercedes-Benz racing team in a race at the Solitude circuit near Stuttgart, Germany - Otto Merz led the team to a one-two-three finish

9.12.1944 - Philip G. Johnson, President of the Kenworth Motor Truck Corporation since 1937, dies in Wichita, KS

9.12.1958 - Harold P. Henning, Manager of Engineering Operations and Inspection for General Motors, dies at age 57

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