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On This Day in Automotive History: December 5
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On This Day in Automotive History
December 5
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Birthdays: Frank Free (1880), Kelly Petillo (1903), Pat Wade (1910), Ken Downing (1917), Carl Joiner (1924), Henri Oreiller (1925), H.F. Stikeleather (1925),
Jim Paschal (1926), Huck Spaulding (1928), Gary Mathieson (1930), Jim Hurtubise (1932), Earle Canavan (1937),
J.D. McDuffie (1938), Jacky Cauchy (1943), Ruggero Grassi (1944), Ronnie Sanders (1945), Sarel van der Merwe (1946), Bill Polich (1948), Steve Stolarek (1948), Bill Helliwell (1949), Willy Gruber (1954), Randy Nobach (1954), Andy Genzman (1960), Jabe Jones (1960), David Gamel (1962), John Stack (1963), John Rzeznik (1965), Mirco Savoldi (1966), A.J. Begin (1968), Russ Galindo (1969), Ricky Bryant (1970), Jordi Gene (1970), Romain Brandela (1973), Guy Caron (1974), Goncalo Gomes (1975), Steve Potter (1979), Jamie Tomaino Jr. (1979), Fabrizio del Monte (1980), Alex Osborne (1984), Brandon Haley (1985),
Frankie Muniz (1985), Nico Verdonck (1985),
James Hinchcliffe (1986), Nicolas Marroc (1986), Cody Hodgson (1991), Nico Jamin (1995), Nick Neri (1995)
1955: The Montgomery Bus Boycott was launched. It would be one of the first major battles of the Civil Rights Era in the United States, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s leadership in the campaign propelled him into the national spotlight.
1970: Regional Administrator Fred B. Farrell represents FHWA at a ceremony marking the opening of the last segment of the West Leg of the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago, Illinois. Following remarks, U.S. Representative Edward Derwinski, Cook County officials, and Farrell get into their cars and drive through a paper barrier, officially opening the expressway.
1971: At the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, to address AASHO's Annual Meeting, Deputy Administrator R.R. Bartelsmeyer begins a speech on "Highway Transportation in a Changing World" by quoting Alfred Lord Tennyson: "The old order changeth, yielding place to the new." Discussing drastic changes in the highway program, he says, "And we do not decry this change. While its effects often are temporarily painful, and difficult to adjust to, it is as necessary as it is inevitable. For change prevents atrophy and stagnation, and it brings in its wake new ideas, new philosophies, new approaches."
1988: During AASHTO's Annual Meeting, Administrator Robert Farris speaks on "The Nation's Highways: Somewhere Over the Rainbow." He lists four dreams or goals: Cut highway deaths in half, lower travel costs by 25 percent, improve operating efficiency by at least 30 percent, and provide a modern highway to every community of 5,000 or more.
2000:
Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was released for PlayStation in North America.
2018:
Waymo launched a commercial self-driving car service called "Waymo One."
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