This Day in Auto History: 11.17.1916 The Edward G. Budd Manufacturing Company of Philadelphia, PA produces its 100,000th steel body for Dodge touring cars 11.17.1925 Thomas J. Litle Jr. is named Chief Engineer of Lincoln 11.17.1949 Edward G. Seubert, President of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana 1927-1944, dies in Chicago, IL at age 73 11.17.1955 The 1956 Nashes are introduced, featuring “Speedline” styling 11.17.1970 The Soviet Union lands the first wheeled vehicle on the surface of the Moon, and later in the day the Lunokhod I is driven around Mare Imbrium by remote control from the Earth

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