This Day in Auto History:

3.17.1894 Gen. William Frederick Marquat, a career United States Army officer who was the automobile editor for the Seattle (WA) Times 1919-1920, is born in St. Louis, MO 3.17.1932 Robert J. Sinclair, President of Saab-Scania of America, is born in Philadelphia, PA 3.17.1949 The Porsche is introduced at the 19th International Automobile Show in Geneva, Switzerland 3.17.1972 The Ford Courier mini-pickup truck, manufactured in Japan by the Toyo Kogyo Company, Ltd., is introduced for sale in the western United States market

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