This Day In Auto History: 26 OCTOBER

10.26.1908 - Albert Champion organizes the Champion Ignition Company in Flint, MI, which evolved into the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors

10.26.1918 - Charles S. Beach of the Willys-Overland Company dies in New York City

10.26.1929 - Thomas J. Litle Jr. resigns as Chief Engineer of Marmon

10.26.1951 - Thomas H. White, Vice President of the White Motor Company 1921-1927, dies at age 57

10.26.1961 - Daimler-Benz AG acquires a license to manufacture gasoline-powered Wankel rotary engines of greater than 50-hp

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