This Day in Auto History: 17 AUGUST

8.17.1889 - Ronald Krake Evans of General Motors is born in Big Rapids, MI 8.17.1904 - The Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd. is established near Windsor, ON 8.17.1925 - The stockholders of the Yellow Cab Manufacturing Company approve a merger of their firm with General Motors 8.17.1950 - John S. Dempsey, President of the Buda Company, dies at age 59 8.17.1956 - The 6,000,000th Pontiac is produced, a 1956 Star Chief Custom Catalina

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