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