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On This Day in Automotive History: August 3
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 3
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Birthdays: Georges Boillot (1884), Louis Chiron (1899), Umberto Klinger (1900), Leon Clum (1923), Ken Reeder (1931), Danny Byrd (1937), Carl Adams (1942), Doug Mills (1942), Jimmy Trull (1942), Jerry Makara (1944), Dickie Linville (1945), Les Loeser Jr. (1950), Brian Jaeger (1953), Kurt Thiim (1958), Stefan Oberndorfer (1959), Greg Schaefer (1964), Tim Finch (1965), Greg Ray (1966), Jerry De Weerdt (1969), Kevin McGarrity (1973), Brad Baker (1974), Jason Vieau (1979), Buster Bennett (1980), Kyle Strickler (1983), Kasper Andersen (1984), Tim Slade (1985), Michael Hardin (1987),
Jules Bianchi (1989), Luke Ellery (1989), Tobias Hegewald (1989), Daniel Keilwitz (1989), Ricky Taylor (1989), Julien Goupy (1992), Josh Williams (1993), Cameron Waters (1994), Kenta Yamashita (1995)
1900:
Firestone Tire & Rubber Company was founded.
1958:
Peter Collins dies from injuries sustained during the
German Grand Prix.
1972: The USDOT transmits the 1972
National Transportation Report to Congress, the first in a planned series of periodic reports on the state of the Nation's transportation system and the planning alternatives of Federal, State, and local governments for improving the system over the longer range future.
1973: Administrator Norbert Tiemann announces a policy, known as "Last Resort Housing," that will allow States to use Federal-aid funds to provide special housing for people whose homes are displaced by Federal-aid projects and for whom comparable replacement sale or rental housing is not available. The new policy, he says, "purposely provides for broad latitude and creative thinking by the State highway agencies."
1978: After serving since June 1977 as Deputy Administrator, Karl S. Bowers is appointed Administrator (and is sworn in by Secretary of Transportation Brock Adams on August 31). Bowers had been appointed Acting Administrator on May 1 following the resignation of Administrator William Cox. In a May 1 notice to all employees, Bowers had said, "Highways are as important and vital today as they always have been . . . . The only difference is that today they are no longer a separate entity in the transportation field. We think of highways today as an integral part of the total transportation system, one which forms a connecting link with other transportation modes."
2018: The song “500 PS” by Bonez MC & RAF Camora was released.
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