Tuesday, May 29, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 25 MAY

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This Day in Auto History:

5.25.1903
Jonathan Norton Leonard, a biographer of Henry Ford, is born in Somerville, MA
5.25.1924
Donald Jesse Atwood Jr. of General Motors is born in Haverhill, MA
5.25.1940
Racer and BRM designer Tony Southgate is born in Coventry, England
5.25.1947
Hyundai Construction, the first of the Hyundai companies, is founded by Chung Ju Yung
5.25.1962
General Motors stylist Ed Glowacke dies from leukemia at age 41

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

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