| 5.20.1899
New York City makes the world’s first speeding arrest, as Jacob German is stopped for driving 12 mph
5.20.1911
Automobile textiles manufacturer Jerome Morton Comar is born in Chicago, IL
5.20.1921
Racer Aldo Gordini is born in Bologna, Italy
5.20.1948
The Playboy Motor Car Corporation goes public, offering twenty million shares of common stock at $1 per share
5.20.1961
The Ford Motor Company completes a highly modified Lincoln Continental convertible sedan for the United States Secret Service to be used as a presidential limousine – it was in this car that John F. Kennedy was riding when he was assassinated in Dallas, TX in 1963
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