This Day in Auto History: 1.2.1864 "Albert Fisher, a builder of bodies for motor trucks and an uncle ofthe Fisher brothers of General Motors, is born in Peru, OH" 1.2.1897 "A steam-powered London-built Thornycroft truck is sold to the SouthWales Motor Car & Cycle Company of Cardiff, the first sale of a motortruck in Great Britain" 1.2.1923 Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company is forced into receivership 1.2.1935 The 1935 Chryslers are introduced 1.2.1947 "Production of 1947 Cadillacs officially begins, although the carsare essentially identical to the 1946 models"

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