This Day in Auto History: 7.13.1899 John D. Davis and his wife, Louise Hitchcock Davis, leave New York City in an attempt to make the first transcontinental automobile trip - after numerous mechanical and other problems they abandoned the attempt near Toledo, OH 7.13.1916 Charles W. Nash purchases the Thomas B. Jeffery Company following a meeting with company officials in Chicago, IL 7.13.1940 Henry Ford II marries Anne McDonnell 7.13.1957 Racer Thierry Boutsen is born in Brussels, Belgium 7.13.1971 A. P. Buquor, the Martin-Parry Corporation executive who designed the first 6-wheeled truck, dies in Washington, DC at age 77

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