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On This Day in Automotive History: May 30

On This Day in Automotive History
May 30

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Birthdays: Joe Boyer (1890), Wilmer Monahon (1893), Alfred Moss (1896), Lewis Balus (1904), Rudolf Hasse (1906), Bill Hammersley (1908), Gays Biro (1914), Carl Burris (1924), Chuck Arnold (1926), Ken Love (1928), Hal Rettberg (1928), Gene Cline (1930), Sam Stanley (1934), Dieter Quester (1939), Norm Palmer (1940), John Jellinek (1945), Lou Tabone (1947), Phil Alexander (1953), Allen Timpany (1956), Howard Ford (1957), Jack Morais (1958), Joe Myers (1959), Robert Orcutt (1961), Tom Sweatman (1962), Andrea Montermini (1964), Bobby Wilberg (1964), Tim McGuire (1965), Roger Sawyer (1966), Jeff Pabst (1969), Todd Lamb (1970), Tony Brunke (1971), Chris Trickle (1972), Ron Maynard Jr. (1973), Chris Whorton (1975), Chad Gilsinger (1976), Clint Bowyer (1979), Glen Meisenhelder (1979), Gianmaria Bruni (1981), Jason Corliss (1988), C.R. Crews (1988), Jake Hughes (1994), Erik Jones (1996), Reid Wilson (1996), Guanyu Zhou (1999)

1992: The U.S. Postal Service issues a 29-cent commemorative stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of the Alaska Highway. The design, by Alaska artist Byron Birdsall, had been unveiled in Anchorage on December 6, 1991, in a ceremony that included Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young.

2003: The film The Italian Job was released in the U.S.

2006: The first production Jeep Compass was built.

2007: The film Initial D Battle Stage 2 was released.