Monday, May 19, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

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5.19.1892
Racer Christian Werner is born in Stuttgart, Germany
5.19.1903
The Packard Motor Car Company Board of Directors approves the purchase of a factory site in Detroit, MI
5.19.1927
The Dodge Senior Six is introduced
5.19.1935
The Frankfurt-Darmstadt (Germany) Autobahn opens to the public
5.19.1957
Masten Gregory makes his Formula 1 debut finishing third at the Monaco Grand Prix in his Maserati 250F – Stuart Lewis-Evans makes his Formula 1 debut in the same race finishing fourth in his Connaught-Alta, although the remainder of his career would with the Vanwall team

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

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