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On This Day in Automotive History: August 15

On This Day in Automotive History
August 15

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Birthdays: Edward McNay (1871), Manfred von Brauchitsch (1905), Bill Crow (1925), Billy Earl (1927), Tom Dill (1928), ), Luigi Chinetti Jr. (1942),Stefano Sebastiani (1942), John English (1947), Bobby Oneglia (1948), Phil Brock (1950), Mark Thatcher (1953), Ken Minter (1956), Robin Pemberton (1956), Andy Petree (1958), Brian Jackson (1959), Paul Spencer (1959), Michael Irmgartz (1961), Tom Rudnai (1963), Sam Schmidt (1964), Randy Havlik (1971), Davin Scites (1975), Brad Ball (1979), Carl Edwards (1979), Mike Potekhen (1979), Steve Zacchia (1982), Hwang Jin-Woo (1983), Cheng Congfu (1984), Dustin DesChamps (1986), Shane Golobic (1991)

1908: The American Society for Testing Materials adopts the procedure developed by Director Logan Page for testing the toughness of rock.

1963: The Right-of-Way Manpower Utilization Task Force, appointed by Administrator Rex Whitton on December 19, 1962, submits its report. Information gathering had included field interviews in all regions and 24 division offices. The report recommends that the Office of Right-of-Way and Location conduct supervisory inspections of regional office right-of-way operations. The inspections will allow headquarters staff to understand regional problems while helping regional staff to implement existing policy in a uniform way.

1994: Production began on the Ford Contour and Mercury Mystique.

2019: The film Driven was released in Greece (initial public release).