September 28, 1938 – Charles Duryea dies
On this day in 1938 US automobile inventor Charles Duryea passed away. Duryea, an engineer, and his brother Frank are
On this day in 1938 US automobile inventor Charles Duryea passed away. Duryea, an engineer, and his brother Frank are
Should you have opened your newspaper on this day in 1963, you may have come across an ad for a
The Crystal Palace circuit, a motor racing circuit in Crystal Palace Park in south London, England, saw its final professional
On this day in 1893, brothers Frank and Charles Duryea debuted their first automobile on the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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Maurice Wilks, fften regarded as one of the most forward thinking automotive engineers the industry had ever known, passed away
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The names Charles Creighton and James Hargis probably doesn’t ring any bells, but they may put a kink in your
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On this day in 1869, Mary Ward unfortunately made her way into the history books, as she is believed to
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The name Charles Kettering may not ring any bells unless you are familiar with Kettering University in Flint, Michigan, but
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