This Day in Auto History:

2.22.1914 Clinton Firestone of Firestone-Columbus dies 2.22.1923 The 1,000,000th Chevrolet is produced 2.22.1947 Dr. J. Harry Clo, Director of Research for A. Schrader’s Son and an authority on air controlled automotive devices, dies in Waynesville, NC at age 65 2.22.1953 Severt Sundberg is killed when his Ferrari 166 crashes during an ice race in Burtrask, Sweden 2.22.1990 Victor Lasky, the critical biographer of Henry Ford II, dies in Washington, DC at age 72

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