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On This Day in Automotive History: August 30
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 30
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Birthdays: William Turner (1877), Swan Ostewig (1884), Charles Crawford (1897), Jack Yardley (1923), Volney Schulze (1929), Gerhard Mitter (1935), Jean-Pierre Gaban (1937), Bruce McLaren (1937), Ignazio Giunti (1941), Jean-Claude Killy (1943), Wally Pankratz (1945), Allan Powell (1951), Nevin Jenkins (1956), Bill Attard (1957), Darren Wolke (1963), Tom Gray (1979), Johnathon Brown (1982), Will Davison (1982), Patrick Barrett (1989), Pierre Nicolet (1989),
Santiago Urrutia (1996), Dean Thompson (2001)
1967: Without ceremony, workers remove barricades blocking the final section of the Adirondack Northway (I-87) in New York, the first long-distance, toll-free Interstate highway completed in the State. Construction of the $208-million, 176-mile highway began in 1957. On Mach 5, 1967,
Parade Magazine had announced that the 23-mile section from Lake George to Pottersville was the Parade Scenic Highway for 1966 -- the new road that best embodies the principles of good design, beauty, and utility. Parade says, "At this time of year, those driving the Northway are enjoying snow-coated mountains or frozen reaches of Schroon Lake. In a few months . . . they will be seeing blossoms and mountain greenery. Whatever the season, few highways anywhere are more enjoyable to drive than Parade's Scenic Highway for 1966."
1996: Production ends on the
Oldsmoble Cutlass Ciera.
2004: "Indian Larry"
Lawrence DeSmedt died.
2019: The film Ford v Ferrari was first shown, at the Telluride Film Festival.
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