Trivia for June:
1844 June 15, Charles Goodyear is granted a patent for vulcanized rubber.
1896 June 4, Henry Ford test drives the “Quadricycle”, the first car he ever designed or drove.
1926 June 29, Daimler Moteren Gesellschaft and Benz & Co. Rheinische Gasmotorenfabrik merge to become Daimler-Benz AG.
1933 June 6, Richard Hollingshead opens the first drive-in movie theater in Camden NJ.
1934 June 1, Jidosha-Seizo Co. Ltd. becomes Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
1935 June 18, Rolls-Royce is registered as a trademark.
1947 June 10, SAAB introduces it’s first car, the model 92 prototype.
2004 June 6, Former GM chairman and CEO James M. Roche died June 6, at age 97. Roche first joined GM in 1927 and held numerous positions with the automaker, including Cadillac general manager for a period beginning in 1957, and the top GM position from 1967 to 1971. During his tenure, Roche was a precedent-setting executive who took on new levels of community leadership and corporate responsibility.