This Day in Auto History: 8.13.1876 Harry C. Beaver of Stevens-Duryea and Rolls-Royce of America, Inc. is born in McAllisterville, PA 8.13.1912 Tom Lilley of the Ford Motor Company is born in Bluefield, WV 8.13.1928 Fernand Charron, winner of the first Gordon Bennett, dies at age 62 8.13.1936 The Ford Motor Company’s soy bean plastics factory begins operations 8.13.1952 Racer Dan Marvin is born in the United States

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