This Day in Auto History: 26 MAY

This Day in Auto History: 5.26.1880 Ernest John Sweetland, inventor of the Purolator oil filter, is born in Carson City, NV 5.26.1912 Cyril Snipe of England driving a S.C.A.T. becomes the first non-Italian winner of the Targa Florio 5.26.1934 The Ford Rotunda designed by Albert Kahn opens at the Chicago (IL) Century of Progress exposition 5.26.1938 Racer Peter Westbury is born in London, England 5.26.1950 Great Britain ends World War II gasoline rationing

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