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On This Day in Automotive History: April 11


On This Day in Automotive History
April 11

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Birthdays: Waldo Stein (1891), Ralph Hepburn (1896), Chuck Akerblade (1903), Robert O'Brien (1908), Al Keller (1920), Wayne Selser (1920), Merritt Brown (1924), Johnny Fedricks (1925), Pete Lovely (1926), Danny Collins (1928), Bruce Nesbitt (1941), Bernard Salam (1943), Bobby Poole (1949), Dennis Rogers (1951), Barry Fitzgerald (1954), Scott Carlson (1958), Arnie Stygles (1960), Terry Bosnjak (1964), Mike Ewanitsko (1967), Greg Zimmerman (1969), Jerry Cowan (1970), Homer Woolslayer (1971), Tricia Helfer (1974), Raul Mendez (1975), Patrick Simon (1975), Nicolas Filiberti (1977), Nicky Pastorelli (1983), Luca Persiani (1984), Brett Van Blankers (1987), Zach Bruenger (1990), Devon Amos (1991), Brennan Poole (1991), Adam Dowler (1996), Alessandro Latif (1996)

1895: The California Bureau of Highways writes a letter to General Roy Stone: "It is with exceeding great pleasure we inform you that we this day organized the first State Bureau of Highways in the Golden State of California, and our first official act is to send you greetings and thanks, for we feel assured it was through your visit and the interest you created while here that the . . . bills were passed by our Legislature."

1936: The Detroit Red Wings would defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in Maple Leaf Gardens to win the Stanley Cup for the first time.

1988: Neil Young released his album This Note's for You, which included the song “Coupe de Ville.”

2007: Production begins on the Buick Enclave.

2017: Buick unveils the second generation Enclave exactly 10 years after the first generation entered production.

2018: Key Safety Systems becomes Joyson Safety Systems.

2018: The film Taxi 5 was released in France.

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