This Day in Auto History: 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