This Day in Auto History:

	3.12.1882 Erwin George “Cannon Ball” Baker is born in Lawrenceburg, IN 3.12.1928 Kurt Volkhart takes the Opel RAK-1 rocket-powered car for its first test run in Russelsheim, Germany 3.12.1952 Albert G. Partridge of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company dies at age 71 3.12.1963 Racer John Andretti is born in Bethlehem, PA 3.12.1969 Racer Gareth Rees is born in Great Britain

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