This Day in Auto History: 8.16.1906 The first production Mason, financed by Edward R. Mason and designed by Frederick S. Duesenberg, is completed at the Mason Motor Car Company factory in Des Moines, IA 8.16.1925 Edward Y. Davidson Jr., Illuminating Engineer for the Macbeth-Evans Glass Company of Charleroi, PA, dies in Chicago, IL at age 27 8.16.1947 Racer Giancarlo Martini is born in Lavezzola, Italy 8.16.1983 Automobile advertising pioneer Ross Roy dies in Grosse Pointe Shores, MI at age 85

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