Stories

1941 – Budapest Makes the 3:00 AM Switch to Right-Hand Traffic At 3:00 a.m. on November 9, 1941, the streets of Hungary’s capital fell…

1866 – Birth of Herbert Austin Born in Little Missenden, Buckinghamshire on 8 November 1866, Herbert Austin would go on to give his name…

1885 – Donald A. Smith Drives the Last Spike at Craigellachie A single ceremonial blow at Craigellachie echoed the completion of a continent-spanning ambition:…

1893 – Birth of Edsel Ford Edsel Bryant Ford was born in Detroit on November 6, 1893, the only child of Henry and Clara…

1895 – Selden Granted the ‘Road-Engine’ Patent Letters Patent No. 549,160 landed in the U.S. Patent Office on November 5, 1895, when George B.…

1905 – National Teams Tackle a 100‑Mile Feature at Indianapolis A bitter autumn day at the Indiana State Fairgrounds saw National Motor Vehicle Company…

1900 – Madison Square Garden Hosts the Nation’s First Big Auto Show When the Automobile Club of America opened the Pioneer National Exhibition of…

1901 – Second New York Auto Show Opens with Oldsmobile Curved-Dash Runabouts Madison Square Garden filled with the new-car buzz when the Second Annual…

1918 – Ken Miles Born in Sutton Coldfield Kenneth Henry Jarvis “Ken” Miles arrived in Sutton Coldfield on November 1, 1918, and went on…

1914 – Birth of Track Designer John Hugenholtz Born in Vledder on October 31, 1914, Johannes Bernhardus Theodorus Hugenholtz—known to the racing world as…

1909 – Harry Grant and the ALCO Take the Vanderbilt Cup The 278.08-mile Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island’s Motor Parkway ended in a straight…