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On This Day in Automotive History: October 26
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On This Day in Automotive History
October 26
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Birthdays:
Floyd Clymer (1895), Jack Dunfee (1901), Doc Williams (1912), Ray Crawford (1915), Joe Fry (1915), Lee Humphers (1917), Byron Horne (1918), Jean-Claude Vidilles (1928), Jimmy Pardue (1930), Ron Overman (1942), Jonathan Williams (1942), Ian Ashley (1947), John Morrison (1948), Rick O'Dell (1948),
Sammy Swindell (1955), Barry Tanner Jr. (1955), Garry Holt (1957), Joey Sonntag (1957), Ron Cornish (1959), Brian Johnson (1960), Bert Longin (1965), Stan Silva Jr. (1965), Walt Snow (1966), Jimmy Smith (1967), Wally Smith (1967), Chip Grenier (1977), Levi Arthur (1982), Adam Carroll (1982), Rene Rast (1986), Wilfried Boucenna (1991), Dillon Houser (1993), Brandon Setzer (1993), Wing Chung Chang (1996)
1909: Director Logan Page addresses ARMA's 6th Annual Convention in Columbus, Ohio, on “The National Government as a Factor in Highway Development.” He says, “There is, and I think I am safe in saying this, no money appropriated from the national treasury, which, dollar for dollar, is conducive of more good, and which reaches so large a proportion of our people as the little sum appropriated for [the OPR].”
1936:
Nihon Gaishi kabushikigaisha (NGK) was founded.
1966: Administrator Rex Whitton issues a memorandum to all employees assuring them that the interests of Bureau of Public Roads and its employees are adequately protected in the USDOT Act. “I share the President's pleasure and enthusiasm in the enactment of the legislation and consider it a major step forward in developing a unified and coordinated transportation policy for this great Nation.”
1973: The song “Radar Love” by Golden Earring was released. The song “Helen Wheels” by Paul McCartney and Wings was released.
1999: The song “Drive” by Incubus was released.
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