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On This Day in Automotive History: April 26

On This Day in Automotive History
April 26

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Birthdays: Alvin Maisonville (1887), George Howie (1899), John DuBoise (1919), Francois Picard (1921), Ken Gottschalk (1929), Frank Graham (1933), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), Gus Hutchison (1937), Chris Monoleos (1938), Jim Walker (1939), Ian Geoghegan (1940), Peter Hopwood (1943), Tom Jones (1943), Jose Dolhem (1944), Dick Johnson (1945), Junior Miller (1951), Roger Godin (1952), Ronnie Grinestaff (1954), Kevin Housby (1956), Johnny Dumfries (1958), Jimmy Kitchens (1962), Ron Shephard (1962), Glenn Styres (1964), Tim Sugden (1964), Mike Senica (1966), Brian Allen (1967), Angus Fogg (1967), Randy Potter (1967), Geoff Boss (1969), Joe Hartmann (1970), Jason Bargwanna (1972), James Thompson (1974), Jeremy Lepak (1978), Rick Wall (1979), James Swanson (1980), Tommy Beamer (1981), José María López (1983), Josh Hamner (1987), Luciano Bacheta (1990), Daniil Kvyat (1994), Nick Robinson (2001)

1911: Director Logan Page submits an application for a patent for a "process for mixing and preparing hydraulic cement concrete and the product thereof." In the application, which will be granted on August 15, 1911, Page states that, "My invention has for its object an improvement in the final product formed after the hydraulic cement mixtures or concrete mixtures have set and hardened in the usual well-known manner." The application states that the patent is "Dedicated to the Public."

1967: Winston Daniel and R.C. McIntire represent FHWA at inauguration of the last link of the Inter-American Highway in Nicaragua (Project No. 11-Nandaime-Rivas). President Lorenzo Guerrero and U.S. Ambassador Aaron S. Brown perform the ribbon cutting. The highway was constructed jointly by the U.S. and Nicaragua, with supervision by Bureau of Public Roads.

1991: The last Oldsmobile Calais was produced.

2011: The film 200mph was released.