Tuesday, October 21, 2008

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Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly
This Day in Auto History:

10.21.1887
Elwood Haynes marries Bertha Beatric Lanterman in Portland, IN
10.21.1927
General Motors stylist Charles Morrell “Chuck” Jordan is born in Whittier, CA
10.21.1948
Alain Madle of Graham and General Motors, a developer of the variable speed transmission, dies at age 57
10.21.1955
The 1956 Pontiacs are introduced
10.21.1971
Hendry S. M. Burns of the Shell Oil Company dies at age 71

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