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On This Day in Automotive History: December 11

On This Day in Automotive History
December 11

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Birthdays: Herman Beam (1929), Fred Johnson (1929), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), J.C. Danielsen (1930), Claude Buchet (1945), Wayne Negus (1946), Gerard MacQuillan (1949), Dirk Ebeling (1950), Tony Eury Sr. (1953), Tom Watkinson (1954), Byron Defoor (1955), Phillipe Favre (1961), Dave Empringham (1963), Wayne Leamon (1969), Dean Ferri (1971), Kevin Ray (1977), Eric McClure (1978), Bud Kaeding (1979), Jarod Robie (1979), Jameel Saied (1979), Pablo Perez (1982), Bronson Maeschen (1983), Hector Gonzalez (1985), Tony Leis (1985), Steve Masse (1989), Auston Harris (1990), Michael Bolden (1993), Garrett Hall (1994), Cody Coughlin (1995), Salvador de Alba Jr. (2000)

2007: Aston Martin design studio opens, V12 Vantage RS announced.

1912: OPR's M.O. Eldridge and Paul D. Sargent present an illustrated lecture on the "Roads of the World" at 8 p.m., opening day of the Indiana Better Roads Convention at the German House in Indianapolis. On December 13, Sargent reads Director Logan Page's speech on why every State should have a highway agency and a State-aid plan.

1942: Senior Structural Engineer Harry P. Hart completes a 6-day investigation of the Cali-Buenaventura Road in Colombia, made at the request of the Rubber Reserve Company and representatives of the Colombian government. The goal is to suggest ways of accelerating completion of the unfinished portion. He recommends completing the survey expeditiously; increasing the number of workmen; using small hand-operated machines, such as hand-winches and rock-pans; and completing missing bridges on the Buenaventura end because the lack of communication is hampering the work.

1999: Gran Turismo 2 released in Japan.

2004: The film 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story was released.

2007: Schefenacker AG changed its name to Visiocorp plc.