This Day in Auto History: 12.9.1907 Ernest Marples, British Minister of Transport 1959-1964 and a proponent of legislating older vehicles off public roads, is born 12.9.1927 Victor and Mildred Bruce begin a record-setting 10-day endurance run at the Montlhery track in France in their 2.0-litre A.C. - the type would later be marketed as the A.C. Montlhery 12.9.1941 Richard Goodyear of the Chrysler Corporation is born in New Haven, CT 12.9.1951 Hudson announces their intent to produce a “light car”, the Jet 12.9.1963 The last United States-built Studebaker is produced as corporate officials announce the closing of the South Bend, IN factory

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