This Day in Automotive History May 8, 1956 – HFII resigns as Ford Foundation chairman May 7, 1998 – Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation May 6, 1928 – Chrysler announces DeSoto May 4, 1904 – Royce meets Rolls May 3, 1957 – Current Ford Chairman, William Clay Ford Jr., is born May 2, 1918 – General Motors buys Chevrolet May 1, 1994 – F1 driver Ayrton Senna da Silva dies in a wreck at San Marino GP April 30, 1925 – Dodge Brothers is sold for record amount
