This Day in Auto History: 10.2.1912 Semon Emil “Bunkie” Knudsen of General Motors and the Ford Motor Company is born in Buffalo, NY 10.2.1921 Racer Giorgio Scarlatti is born in Rome, Italy 10.2.1930 Construction begins on the new Ford-Werke AG factory in Cologne, Germany 10.2.1935 The Rolls-Royce Phantom III, featuring a V-12 engine, is announced 10.2.1947 The Federation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) splits the Grand Prix competitions into Formula 1 and Formula 2

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