This Day in Auto History: 2.12.1901 James W. Packard is awarded his first automobile patent 2.12.1914 The Mississippi Supreme Court rules that a 1912 law requiring automobile registration is unconstitutional, and orders refunds of $28,040 2.12.1932 Robert Authony Lutz of the Ford Motor Company and Chrysler Corporation is born in Zurich, Switzerland (his father, a United States citizen, was serving as a director of a Swiss bank) 2.12.1951 Automobile parts distributor Lester Hutchings dies at age 54 2.12.1958 Modernistic Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of recreational vehicles, is incorporated in Iowa

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