this Day in Auto History: 09 AUGUST

8.9.1896 Sir Bernard Dudley Frank Docker, a British businessman known for his numerous one-off custom Daimlers, is born

8.9.1912 The Sterling Motor Company is incorporated by William C. Durant, J. Dallas Dort, Curtis R. Hatheway, Edwin R. Campbell, and Fred A. Aldrich as part of the corporate web created with the Chevrolet Motor Car Company

8.9.1926 Joseph W. Eskridge joins the Hudson Motor Car Company

8.9.1948 Norman John Stewart of General Motors of Canada Ltd. is born in Toronto, ON

8.9.1963 Racer Alain Menu is born in Geneva, Switzerland

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