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On This Day in Automotive History: July 3
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On This Day in Automotive History
July 3
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Birthdays: James Patterson (1905), Al Fleming (1911), Carl Scarborough (1914), Jim Locke (1926), Pete Toth (1927), Clarence Ogle (1932),
Bob Whitcomb (1937), Dick Barbour (1940), Neal Newberry (1940),
Larry Phillips (1942), Toni Palma (1946), Ed Sutton (1946), Calvin Gardiner (1949), Bernard Robin (1949), Mike Vess (1951), Dugan Basham (1952), Sylvain Boulay (1955), Kurt Thiel (1955), Mark Vandevender (1955), Jimmy Horton (1956), Jamie Tomaino (1956), Dino Crescentini (1960), Alan Bigelow (1962), Craig Rayburn (1963), Jerry Huffman (1965), Mike Stacy (1967), Ronnie Perrine Jr. (1972), Ron Jacks (1974), John Blankenship (1981), Matt McCall (1981), Ryan Justice (1985), David Reynolds (1985),
Sebastian Vettel (1987), Kourosh Khani (1989), Andrew Waite (1989), David Levine (1993), Oscar Torres Jr. (1994), Hunter Bates (1995), Pedro Piquet (1998), Andreas Estner (2000), Zachary Tinkle (2002)
1906: Under a plan signed today by Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, a locality desiring a rural mail route can petition OPR for an engineer to examine the road and recommend any needed improvements (the joint plan is approved by the Postmaster General on July 10).
1938: Ceremonies in Berthoud Pass, CO, mark completion of the last paved segment of U.S. 40. Bureau of Public Roads' Clyde Learned had largely determined the location and was involved throughout construction, prompting journalist H. B. Rose to say, "Learned has built himself in every foot of that superb surface and in every yard of the structure."
1958: Bureau of Public Roads establishes a Division Office in Beirut, Lebanon, to provide technical assistance in developing the highway program of that country. Little could be accomplished during the first 6 months due to an armed rebellion and period of instability.
1970: The final Volvo Amazon was produced.
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