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On This Day in Automotive History: November 17

On This Day in Automotive History
November 17

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Birthdays: Buddy Calloway (1899), Carl Marchese (1905), Jimmy Reece (1929), Joe Sykes (1930), Mario Rossi (1932), Chris Craft (1939), Terry Wood (1943), Tim Gillit (1944), Damien Magee (1945), Jerry Wolland (1947), John Falconi Sr. (1949), Ken Fengler (1955), Gary Bellefleur Jr. (1960), Mark Thomas (1960), Fabio Greco (1963), Bertrand Godin (1967), Eric Gordon (1967), Mimmo Schiattarella (1967), John Olson (1971), Brad Bennett (1973), B.J. McLeod (1983), Ali Jackson (1988), Sean Johnston (1990), Karl Weber (1996)

1988: A Thanksgiving Drama: In a collision on I-35 north of Austin, Texas, a truck turns on its side, allowing the escape of 78 of 2,000 turkeys bound for a processing plant in Waco. Rounding them up takes 3 hours. Only 53 survive, but their "break for freedom" creates an outpouring of public sympathy. The "favored 53" were donated to an alcohol and drug treatment center, where they took up residence near a duck pond. The center planned to serve the turkeys for Thanksgiving, but public outcry resulted in a compromise. Forty turkeys were donated to animal rights groups that promised to place the birds in homes where they could live out their lives in peace. The remaining, unlucky 13 were served for dinner.

2006: Buell announced that it had produced and shipped its 100,000th motorcycle.

2008: Ryan and the Del Rays released their album Out of My Head, which included the song “1949 Chevrolet Blues.”

2019: The Ford Mustang Mach-E was introduced.