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On This Day in Automotive History: December 2

On This Day in Automotive History
December 2

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Birthdays: Earl Cooper (1886), Frank Murray (1887), Earl DeVore (1889), Nick Eckerle (1902), Carl Green (1902), Hershel White (1916), Rod Perry (1923), Joe Roletto (1923), Rags Carter (1928), David Piper (1930), Jack Rounds (1930), Chris Bristow (1937), Jimmy Walker (1940), John Gay (1944), Duilio Truffo (1945), John Sheldon (1946), Andy Rouse (1947), Mike Gregg (1948), Moose Myers (1949), Peter Lockhart (1950), Ross Halliday (1953), David Elliott (1956), Garry Jones (1956), Neil Cunningham (1962), Paul Charsley (1966), Lee Jeffreys (1966), John Hayden (1968), Andrea Larini (1968), Doug Hoar (1970), Brian Hoppe (1970), Craig Butts (1971), Michael Simpson (1973), Adam Resnick (1974), Nick Wagner (1978), Harrison Brix (1980), Matt Anderson (1981), Erik Darnell (1982), Yann Clairay (1983), Bobby Joe Woodley (1986), Ricky Ehrgott (1987), Ben Ashline (1990), Andrew Belmont (1992), Hunter Baize (1997), Drew Dollar (2000), Michael Kofoid (2001)

1957: O’Reilly Auto Parts was founded by Charles H. O'Reilly.

1965: Administrator Rex Whitton approves changes in the Highway Engineer Training Program as recommended by an Agency study group he appointed to review training. The changes are designed to improve the curriculum's effectiveness and achieve a sizable increase in productive work accomplished by junior engineers.

1982: The Ford Motor Company dedicated their Robotics and Automation Applications Consulting Center in Dearborn, Michigan.

1992: The Federal Highway Administration sponsors the first meeting of the National Recreational Trails Advisory Committee, authorized by the Symms National Recreational Trails Act of 1991, part of ISTEA. The committee will review the use of funds allocated by the States under the new trails funding program and establish and review criteria for trail-side and trail-head facilities that qualify for funding. The committee will also recommend policy changes that will advance the Symms Act. George Schoener, Chief, Intermodal Division, is FHWA's ex-officio representative, along with Recreational Trails Program Manager Christopher Douwes.

1997: General Kenneth R. Wykle takes the oath of office as the 14th Federal Highway Administrator. Wykle retired from the Army in 1995 with the rank of Lt. General, serving as Deputy Commander in Chief of the U.S. Transportation Command. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater notes that Wykle would be the second General to head the agency. The first, General Roy Stone, founded the agency as the U.S. Office of Road Inquiry on October 3, 1893.

2002: Delivery of the first Honda FCX cars in Los Angeles, California.

1991: The song “I Drove All Night” by Roy Orbison was released on the compilation album Nintendo: White Knuckle Scorin'.

2005: Project Gotham Racing 3 released in the European Union.