Tuesday, June 12, 2007

This Day in Auto History: 12 JUNE

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

6.12.1892
The steam-powered Harris omnibus is demonstrated in Baltimore, MD with limited success by designer George T. Harris
6.12.1911
Robert E. Hunter of Graham-Paige, Pontiac, and the Ford Motor Company is born in Nunda, NY
6.12.1916
Paul Wilson Wyckoff of the Chrysler Corporation is born in Detroit, MI
6.12.1930
Racer Robert McGregor Innes Ireland is born in Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland
6.12.1943
Earle D. Parker, Vice President of the Barber-Colman Company, dies at age 63

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

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