Monday, April 28, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

4.28.1903
Ten automobile manufacturers, including Cadillac, Northern, Thomas, and Pope, join the Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM) to comply with Selden Patent rights
4.28.1916
Ferruccio Lamborghini is born in Renazzo di Cento, Ferrara, Italy
4.28.1940
Morgan J. Hammers, an associate of steam car designer Abner Doble, dies in Stamford, CT at age 65
4.28.1950
James Douglas Muir “Jay” Leno, television personality and prominent car collector, is born in New Rochelle, NY
4.28.1973
Racer Piero Drogo dies in Bologna, Italy at age 46

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

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