General Motors acquires Chevrolet on May 2, 1918, in a deal that put GM founder Billy Durant back in charge of the automotive giant.
Durant built the original General Motors, starting with Buick in 1908, from pieces of several other automakers, but his aggressive acquisitions forced him out of the company in 1910.
As revenge, Durant went out and started another automaker in November 1911 -- Chevrolet, named for Swiss race car driver and business partner Louis Chevrolet.