This Day in Auto History:

7.1.1892 Automobile parts manufacturer John Aaron Grass is born in York, PA 7.1.1901 William King White, son of Rollin H. White and himself an official in the White Motor Company, is born in Cleveland, OH 7.1.1908 Pliny Fisk Olds, father and first business partner of Ransom E. Olds, dies in Lansing, MI at age 80 7.1.1914 Dodge Brothers, Inc. is incorporated to manufacture Dodge Brothers automobiles 7.1.1917 The 1918 Dodges are introduced

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