This Day in Auto History:

5.14.1914 George A. Matthews, a cofounder of the Jackson Automobile Company, dies in Jackson, MI at age 61 5.14.1960 Mickey Thompson, driving the “Assault” at March Air Force Base, CA, breaks Bernd Rosemeyer’s 22-year-old records reaching 132.94 mph in the standing kilometer and 149.93 mph in the standing mile 5.14.1969 Racer Stephan Gregoire is born in Neufchateau, France 5.14.1991 The last Buick Reatta is produced

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