Happy Birthday April 28

Ferruccio Lamborghini, founder of Automobili Lamborghini, was born on April 28, 1916. Ferrucio Lamborghini began by making tractors out of parts from American and British military circles after the Second World War before turning to sports cars. He founded Lamborghini because he wanted to build a good touring car to compete against the cars of such makers as Ferrari.

The author Harper Lee was born Nelle Harper Lee in Monroeville, Alabama on April 28, 1926. Lee was named in honor of a grandmother called Ellen; (Nelle is Ellen spelled backwards). Until the day she died, the people in her life referred to Lee as Nelle. Her father an editor, lawyer and politician (he served in the Alabama House of Representatives) is purported to be the model upon some of the characteristics for Atticus Finch (from To Kill a Mockingbird) was based.

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