This Day in Auto History: 17 MAY

This Day in Auto History: 5.17.1883 Louis G. Bissell, Chairman of Mack Trucks, Inc., is born in Brooklyn, NY 5.17.1904 Clement Smith and Terry Stafford are issued a United State patent for their clutch and planetary transmission design 5.17.1921 The Earl of Shrewsbury, the financial backer of Clement-Talbot, Ltd., London manufacturers of the Talbot, dies at age 60 5.17.1930 Rocket-powered automobile pioneer Max Valier is killed in Berlin, Germany when an engine explodes during testing 5.17.1953 Thomas O. Richards of General Motors dies at age 53

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