This Day in Auto History

: 9.11.1889 John Joseph Schumann Jr. of the General Motors Acceptance Corporation is born in New York City 9.11.1915 Sir Austin Ernest Bide of the British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd. is born in London, England 9.11.1935 Gerald Greenwald of the Chrysler Corporation is born in St. Louis, MO 9.11.1967 Peter Monteverdi introduces his first automobile, the Monteverdi 375 S High Speed, at the Frankfurt (West Germany) Automobile Show 9.11.1978 Racer Ronnie Peterson dies at age 34 in Milan, Italy from injuries suffered when his Lotus-Cosworth crashed during the Italian Grand Prix at Monza

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