Wednesday, August 27, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

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Automobile Quarterly
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8.27.1897
Cyrus Richard Osborn of General Motors is born in Dayton, OH
8.27.1909
The Houpt-Rockwell makes its debut in a 24-hour race at Brighton Beach, NY, but the car driven by George Robertson fails to finish
8.27.1912
Thomas Wilby begins the first trans-Canada automobile trip
8.27.1930
The Kinetic Chemical Company is formed as a joint venture of the DuPont Company and General Motors to manufacture and market freon
8.27.1948
Henry Austin Clark opens the Long Island Automotive Museum in Southampton, NY on his 31st birthday

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

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