This Day in Auto History: 7.2.1904 Buick, Studebaker, and Worthington join the ALAM to comply with Selden patent rights 7.2.1912 William LeRoy Mitchell of General Motors is born in Cleveland, OH 7.2.1928 Chrysler Corporation acquires Dodge Brothers, Inc. and establishes the Dodge Brothers Corporation as a subsidiary 7.2.1935 Ab Jenkins, driving the Duesenberg Special at the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT, sets a Class B super-stock record for the flying mile of 145.44 mph 7.2.1954 Charles S. Davis, Chairman of the Board of the Borg-Warner Corporation and its former President, dies in Paris, France at age 77

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick