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On This Day in Automotive History: April 24

On This Day in Automotive History
April 24

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Birthdays: Sam Rice (1904), Jack Etheridge (1916), Jack Oldenhage (1918), Tiny Benson (1922), Jim Cushman (1929), Johnny Dodson (1931), Billy Garrett (1933), Cliff Timberman (1933), Mike Taylor (1934), Bunkie Blackburn (1936), Johnny Benson (1937), Reinhold Joest (1937), Sam Hickingbottom (1940), Cleve Smith (1940), Silvio Moser (1941), Johnny Barnes (1942), Ron Hutcherson (1943), Darrell Brown (1944), G.T. Nolen (1944), Roger Mears (1947), Warren Tope (1947), Wayne Broome (1951), Andre Lara-Resende (1951), Jean Louis-Sirera (1953), Naoki Nagasaka (1953), Ed Flemke Jr. (1955), Kenny Jacobs (1955), Ross Burbidge (1956), Mark Owens (1956), Ron Strmiska Jr. (1961), Robert Nearn (1967), Hermie Sadler (1969), Mark Sumpter (1969), Jean-Philippe Belloc (1970), Nick Gullatta (1970), Martin Rich (1973), Kurt Hewins (1974), Paul Wolfe (1977), Tim Bainey Jr. (1978), Jaime Melo (1980), Justin Gaydosh (1984), Daniel Morad (1990), Ukyo Sasahara (1996)

1800: The United States Library of Congress was established.

1942: Because of a shortage of tankers and tank cars, the Petroleum Coordinator for War issues a recommendation that asphalt and tar for highway use be deferred unless certified by PRA as "necessary to the successful prosecution of the war." The recommendation applies only to 17 Atlantic seaboard States, but control is extended on July 2 to the western borders of Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and the Dakotas.

1957: Bureau of Public Roads' Floyd Oliver arrives in Tehran to head the Division Office in Iran for a 2-year program of highway maintenance and training of highway personnel. Funds for the project come from a $5 million credit to Iran by the Export-Import Bank, approved December 7, 1956.

1982: The film Chan Is Missing was screened at the Museum of Modern Art (initial release).

1989: The song “I Drove All Night” by Cyndi Lauper was released.

2003: SEAT introduced the Cupra GT.

2012: The film At Any Price was released to limited theaters in the U.S.