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On This Day in Automotive History: August 21
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 21
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Birthdays: Bert Dingley (1885), Mike Moosie (1892), George Young (1904), Ken Richardson (1911), Freddie Agabashian (1913), Ken Rauch (1923), Elmo Langley (1928), Walson Gardner (1932), Simon Phillips (1934), Jack Eiteljorg (1938), Phil Cronin (1939), Pat Patrick (1940), Gary Sharp (1940), Siegfried Brunn (1942), Tetsu Ikuzawa (1942), Terry Herman (1944), Bruce Walkup (1944), Cliff Hucul (1948), David Mercer (1949), A.J. Michaels (1957), Frank Rossi (1957), Glenn Boss (1959), Jacques Goudchaux (1963), Keith Montgomery (1964), Jerome Mee (1966), Rob Jones (1972), Jason Jefferson (1975), Burney Lamar (1980), Paul Menard (1980), Ben Pettis (1980), Justin Wakefield (1981), Jamie Bach (1983), Brody Jenner (1983), Keven Wood (1984), Josh Schneiderman (1987), Cody Darrah (1989), Felipe Nasr (1992)
1903: Director Martin Dodge and James W. Abbott represent OPRI at the Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress in Seattle, Washington, which concludes today. Back home, Dodge tells
The Washington Star, "The revenues of the general government are so large and are raised in such a manner by indirect taxation that there would be neither hardship nor inequity if the United States should bear a considerable portion of the cost of improving some of the [Nation's] principal highways."
1961: Bureau of Public Roads participates in the World Traffic Engineering Conference, which combines the 31st Annual Meeting of the Institute of Traffic Engineers and the International Sessions in Traffic Engineering. Participants include E. H. "Ted" Holmes ("Urban Transportation and its Future"), O. K. Normann ("Use of Electronics in Traffic Control"), Charles W. Prisk (chair, "Research into Highway Traffic Accidents" session), Donald W. Loutzenheiser (panel moderator, "Freeway Ramp Terminal Design" and panel member, "Federal Coordination of Highway and General Planning"), and Administrator Rex Whitton. Whitton receives, from Spanish Director General of Roads Sr. Vicente, a silver replica plaque of the Alcantara Bridge--built in Spain by the Romans in the first century A.D., and still in use--"as a symbol of the friendship and gratitude" the Spanish agency feels toward Bureau of Public Roads.
1979: Gary Numan released the song “Cars.”
2008: The film Death Race was first released, in limited markets.
2008: Sumner Kane released his album What A Great Place to Be, which included the song “1975 Chevy Nova.”
2020: Tim McGraw released his album Here on Earth, which included the song “7500 OBO.”
2021: Road 96 is released on Windows and Nintendo Switch (initial release).
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