Tuesday, October 17, 2006

This Day In Auto History: 17 October

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10.17.1893 - Evangeline Cote Dahlinger of the Ford Motor Company is born in Detroit, MI

10.17.1910 - Powel Crosley Jr. marries Gwendolyn Bakewell, Aiken

10.17.1922 - The 1923 Nashes are introduced

10.17.1926 - George Henry Turnbull, a longtime British automobile executive with Standard, Triumph, British Leyland Ltd., and “father” of the Korean-built Hyundai, is born

10.17.1946 - Racer Enzo Coloni is born in Italy

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

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