This Day in Auto History: 1.22.1901 The Irish Automobile Club (later the Royal Irish Automobile Club)is founded in Dublin 1.22.1931 Montague Stanley Napier dies 1.22.1954 "General Motors demonstrates the XP21 Firebird, the world's firstgas-turbine automobile, in New York City" 1.22.1962 Edward W. Isom of the Sinclair Refining Company dies at age 76 1.22.1986 General Motors acquires a 59.7% ownership of Group Lotus PLC

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