This Day in Auto History: 10.5.1899 Marcus Wallenberg of Saab-Scania AB is born in Stockholm, Sweden 10.5.1919 Enzo Ferrari makes his racing debut, finishing 11th in the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb in his C.M.N. 10.5.1931 Hans Graf von der Goltz of BMW is born in Bad Marienberg, Germany 10.5.1944 Dr. Carl Claus, a German-born authority on powder metallurgy and Vice President of the Bound Brook Oil-Less Bearing Company, dies at age 60 10.5.1950 Fred J. Schaefer of Franklin, Chevrolet, and Ford dies in Detroit, MI at age 53

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