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On This Day in Automotive History: August 4
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 4
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Birthdays: Joe Nikrent (1879), M.C. Jones (1894), Ernesto Maserati (1898), Bon MacDougall (1901), Tony Gulotta (1903), Max Fourny (1904), Achille Varzi (1904), Robert Mazaud (1906), Joe Skovron (1910), John Fitch (1917), Jerry Carver (1918), Christian Goethals (1928), Joe Leonard (1932), Claude Ballot-Lena (1936), Jean-Yves Gadal (1942), Josef Prechtl (1944), Marvin Smith (1944), Lew Miller (1947), Walter Lechner (1949), Jack Boggs (1950), David Conway (1951), Jamie Aube (1953), Doug Ingraham (1956), Phil Scott (1958), Tony Sylvester (1958), Akira Hirakawa (1960), Robin Bonanno (1962), Steven Gorriaran (1962), Doc Lowman (1962), Jonathan Lowman (1962), Kenji Momota (1962), Stephen Cox (1964), Duane Bischoff (1966), Joe Riolo (1966), Sandy Brody (1967),
Jeff Gordon (1971), Davide Amaduzzi (1972), Geoff Emery (1972), Justin Keen (1975),
Kurt Busch (1978), Ioannis Smyrlis (1983), James Jakes (1987), Erika Monforte (1989), Zack Meyer (1992), Dallas Montes (1993), Santos Zanella, Jr. (1995), Kyle Masson (1997), Kody Evans (1998), Toshiki Oyu (1998)
1892: House Speaker Charles Crisp of Georgia refuses to allow a vote on General Roy Stone's National Highway Commission Bill, effectively killing it when Congress adjourns the next day. Some House members had objected to the bill as an invasion of States' rights and also feared it would lead to a large-scale road building program. Disappointed, General Stone, co-lobbyist James Dunn, and others turn their attention to the problem of winning public support for the bill, leading to creation of the National League for Good Roads, on October 20, 1892, to finance and direct a nationwide publicity campaign.
1928:
DeSoto was founded.
1970: In Atlanta, the Bridge Division holds the first of nine 3-day Bridge Inspector Training Symposia. Over 50 State and Federal bridge design, maintenance, and training officials attend. In addition to a slate of speakers, headed by AASHO Executive Director Alfred Johnson, the symposium features a chapter-by-chapter presentation of the Bridge Inspector's Training Manual by the Bridge Division's Stanley Gordon, John O'Fallon, and Joseph Policelli.
2006: The film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby was released.
2006: The film Who Killed the Electric Car? was released.
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