This Day in Auto History: 12.22.1896 Fahrzeug-Fabrik Eisenach, an ancestor of BMW, is organized 12.22.1920 Genevieve Marguerite Delcuze, the second wife of Ettore Bugatti, is born in Courbevoie, France 12.22.1931 Noel Goutard, Chairman of the French automobile parts manufacturer Valeo SA, is born in Casablanca, Morocco 12.22.1952 Johan Jan Beeckmans of ITT Automotive Inc. is born in Antwerp, Belgium 12.22.1962 Francis B. Davis, Chairman of the United States Rubber Company 1929-1949, dies in Wilmington, DE at age 79