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On This Day in Automotive History: October 25

On This Day in Automotive History
October 25

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Birthdays: John Francis Dodge (1864), Wilbur D'Alene (1884), Jess Calohan (1889), James Klemos (1898), Johnny Mauro (1910), Macon Powers (1926), Don Thomas (1931), Charles Moody (1937), Larry LaMay (1949), Bob Frey (1950), Cecil Eunice (1954), Rick Hill (1955), Jack Cornett (1956), Ward Burton (1961), Wilbur Bruce (1962), Keith Goldin (1963), Danny Kelley (1963), Jill Pasant (1964), Dale Schweikart (1967), Cesare Balistreri (1971), John Blewett III (1973), Quinten Welch (1973), Roberto Benedetti (1974), Michael Faulk (1981), Jon Wood (1981), Jay Foster (1983), Jeff Batten (1985), Mike Skeen (1986), Taylor Stricklin (1988), Wayne Boyd (1990), Kyle Ebersole (1990), Ryan Preece (1990), Matt Galko (1993)

1993: In a committee meeting during AASHTO's annual meeting in Detroit, Michigan, former Administrator Ray Barnhart discusses "Fuel Tax Theft--A Government-Sanctioned Industry?" He explains the difficulty of getting people interested in putting up money for the Internal Revenue Service to use in weeding out individuals who are using fraud to avoid paying the gas tax. He estimates an annual loss of $1 billion to $2 billion, and notes that one State working on the issue, Michigan, had recovered about $28 million.

1998: Administrator Kenneth R. Wykle participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for victims of the bombing of the Arthur P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995. The memorial includes a reflecting pool, an interactive museum, and one stone chair for each of the 168 people killed in the blast. Eleven of those chairs will represent FHWA victims.

2000: Smuggler's Run was released on the PlayStation 2 in North America (initial release).

2004: The last Buick Century was produced.

On This Day in Automotive History: October 25