This Day in Auto History: 10.6.1910 Orazio Satta Puliga of Alfa Romeo is born in Turin, Italy 10.6.1926 Duesenberg, Inc. is organized by E. L. Cord to design and manufacture a top-of-the-line car, introduced two years later as the Duesenberg Model J 10.6.1939 The 1940 Fords are introduced featuring styling by Eugene Gregorie 10.6.1941 Thomas J. Litle Jr. former Chief Engineer of Lincoln and Marmon who served as President of the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1926, dies in South Bend, IN at age 66 10.6.1952 Racer Manfred Winkelhock is born in Waiblingen, West Germany

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