Friday 1st November 1895

The first automobile club in the United States, the American Motor League, held its preliminary meeting in Chicago, Illinois, US with 60 members. Dr J. Allen Hornsby was named president of the new organisation, and Charles Edgar Duryea, the car manufacturer, and Hiram P. Maxim, the car designer and inventor, were named vice presidents. Charles King, who constructed one of the first 4-cylinder automobiles the following year, was named treasurer.