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On This Day in Automotive History: April 29

On This Day in Automotive History
April 29

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Birthdays: H.A. Wetmore (1877), Ray Campbell (1902), Cal Niday (1914), Larry Frank (1929), Jerry Morese (1929), Pop McGinnis (1930), Hugh Dibley (1937), Ralph Kent-Cooke (1937), Thad Coleman (1938), Jerry Karl (1941), Jacques Terrien (1941), Ron Burke (1945), Bob Stallings (1949), Richard Starkey (1950), Dale Earnhardt (1951), Barry Morcom (1958), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Rick Watson (1959), George Ruark (1962), Scott York (1962), Tim Clayton (1963), Chad Little (1963), Kevin O'Connell (1967), Piers Masarati (1977), Nick Higdon (1980), Jason Martin (1982), Curt Tori (1985), Chris Dilbeck (1986), Tim Bell (1989), Alex Labbe (1993), Tommy Barrett Jr. (1995)

1903: At the National Good Roads Convention in St. Louis, Missouri, President Theodore Roosevelt says, "When we wish to use descriptive adjectives, fit to characterize great empires...invariably one of the adjectives used is to signify that that empire built good roads . . . . The faculty, the art, the habit of road building marks in a nation those solid, stable qualities, which tell for permanent greatness."

1932: Advance Auto Parts founded.

1994: Acting Regional Administrator Dale Wilken joins U.S. Representative Solomon Ortiz, Texas DOT, and Port of Brownsville officials in the symbolic driving of a spike to begin the North Loop railroad relocation project. The project will provide an improved connection for the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads and improve safety by eliminating at-grade crossings.

2003: The song “24's” by T.I. was released.

2004: The final Oldsmobile Alero was produced.

2005: Production of the original run of the Mercury Sable ended.

2011: The film Fast Five was released in the U.S.

On This Day in Automotive History: April 29