This Day in Auto History: 2.5.1878 Andre Gustave Citroen is born in France of Dutch/Jewish ancestry 2.5.1914 F. C. Ball, glass jar manufacturer, purchases the Inter-State Motor Company of Muncie, IN 2.5.1945 Marcel Doret, a holder of various automobile and airplane speed records, dies in Abbeville, France at age 48 2.5.1953 Indianapolis 500 promoter Steven Hannagan dies in Nairobi, Kenya at age 53 2.5.1986 Stylist John Reinhart dies at age 70

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