This Day in Auto History: 7.18.1893 Benjamin Richard Donaldson of the Ford Motor Company is born in Grand Rapids, MI 7.18.1927 The Hudson Motor Car Company announces plans to construct an assembly plant in Berlin, Germany 7.18.1946 Fred L. Eberhardt, President of Gould & Eberhardt, Inc. for 45 years, dies at age 78 7.18.1958 Henri Farman, pioneer racer, luxury automobile manufacturer, and airplane designer, dies in Paris, France at age 84

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