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On This Day in Automotive History: March 13
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On This Day in Automotive History
March 13
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March 13 is unofficially known as “313 Day” which celebrates the city of Detroit, Michigan. 313 is the city's area code.
Birthdays: Frank Agan (1880), Malcolm Fox (1906), Joe Kelly (1913), Duke DeBrizzi (1928), Marvin Pifer (1928), Buddy Krebs (1931), Bennie Rakestraw (1933), Dave Cutler (1942), Mike Fisher (1943), Lyn St. James (1947), Rodger Gentry Sr. (1951), Ed Dixon (1954), Jeff Spraker (1959), Don Droud Jr. (1962), John Gaalswyk (1965), Kevin Dowler (1966), Tracy Bolin (1970), Kevin Bryant (1971), Josh Clemons (1976), Tom Hernly Jr. (1976), Dennis Reno Jr. (1979), Romain Thievin (1979),
Taka Higashino (1985), Marco Andretti (1987), Jose Luis Abadin (1987), Robert Wickens (1989), Tommy Catalano (1998), Trent Barnes (2000)
1915: In Washington, DC, Governor James B. McCreary of Kentucky and State Commissioner of Public Roads R.C. Terrell meet with Secretary of Agriculture D.F. Houston and Office of Public Roads, receiving all available information on the best methods of developing good roads. The Governor tells a reporter, "I think I am safe in saying there is no other State in the union where good roads enthusiasm is at higher tide than in Kentucky."
1918: Work is completed on a road from Quantico Marine Corps base in Virginia to the Richmond-Washington highway, with Bureau of Public Roads' C.L. Brown advising the post quartermaster.
1967: Bureau of Public Roads Public Information Officer Robert S. Marx, speaking before the Regional Landscape Architects on "Improving the Bureau's Public Image," begins by saying that promoting the highway beautification program sometimes makes him feel "not unlike the man who pushed his mother-in-law over the cliff in his brand new Cadillac."
1968: The film The Love Bug was released.
1971: The film Vanishing Point was released.
1984: The song “Drive” by The Cars was released on their album Heartbeat City.
1995: The song “Car Song” by Elastica was released on their self-titled album.
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