This Day in Auto History: 10.16.1930 The Bentley 8 Litre is introduced at the Olympia Motor Show in London 10.16.1949 Pioneer tire designer and manufacturer Charles B. Whittelsey dies in Hartford, CT at age 80 10.16.1957 Peter J. Shuttleworth, a mechanical engineer at the General Motors Proving Grounds, dies at age 23

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