This Day in Auto History: 1.16.1900 "James W. Packard applies for a patent on an ``Automatic SparkControl'', his first relating to automobiles" 1.16.1917 "Fred Lloyd Hartley of the Union Oil Company of California is bornin Vancouver, BC, Canada" 1.16.1934 "Joseph B. Graham announces that all Graham six-cylinders cars willbe outfitted with superchargers, although actual implementation of thisplan would require 21 months" 1.16.1944 The Divco-Twin Truck Company changes its name to the DivcoCorporation 1.16.1953 The Chevrolet Corvette and Pontiac Parisienne show cars areintroduced to the press at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City

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