Thursday, February 21, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

2.21.1907
Hendrik Spijker of Spyker drowns when his North Sea steamer breaks up in a storm off the coast of the Hook of Holland, the Netherlands
2.21.1916
The Dixie Flyer is introduced in Louisville, KY
2.21.1944
Coachbuilder Giacinto Ghia dies in Turin, Italy at age 56
2.21.1968
Iso is granted an international copyright for the Grifo name

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

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