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On This Day in Automotive History: April 8

On This Day in Automotive History
April 8

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Birthdays: E.J. Hall (1882), John DePalma (1885), Frank Lockhart (1903), Freddie Winnai (1905), Dale Williams (1913), Don Olds (1916), Potsy Goacher (1917), Nero Steptoe (1921), Garland Smith (1922), Junie Donlavey (1924), Jim Bickerstaff (1931), Georges Alexandrovitch (1933), Bob Garretson (1933), Wally Leatherwood (1947), Dennis Albro (1949), Butch Mock (1952), Jay Wilton (1952), Monte Gress (1955), Jacob Shalit (1955), Billy Middleton (1958), Mark Green (1959), Robert Pressley (1959), Bo McCormick (1962), Del George (1963), Tom Jensen (1963), David Barnard (1964), Billy Innes (1964), Darren Crocker (1965), Mark Blundell (1966), Mark Rodrigues (1967), Fredrick Moore (1968), Corey Sanborn (1972), Ryan Zeck (1976), Ben Devlin (1982), Jacobo Cosio (1988), Blake Hillard (1989), Dylan Caldwell (1992), Rudy Camarillo (1992), Luke Fenhaus (2004)

1912: OPR's Paul Sargent chairs the day's session of the Southern Commercial Congress, reporting that in recent years, the South averaged $63 per mile on its entire system of roads. Later, he presents a paper on "What To Do As First Aid To Good Roads." (First thing: study traffic on the roads.)

1927: After meeting with Ross Sterling of the Texas Highway Commission on April 7 in Washington, DC, Chief Thomas MacDonald announces he will visit the State to determine whether to lift a suspension of Federal-aid project approvals. District Engineer A. R. Losh had suspended approvals on January 3 "until it has been satisfactorily shown that . . . funds are available, free from obligations," for necessary reconditioning and maintenance of completed Federal-aid projects. During MacDonald's visit in late April, he announces a resumption of normal relations.

1991: Massive Attack released their album Blue Lines, which included the song “Be Thankful for What You Got.”

1998: The French film Taxi was released in France.

2004: Subus Chile founded.

2019: Carlos Ghosn was voted off of the board of Nissan.