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On This Day in Automotive History: December 12

On This Day in Automotive History
December 12

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Birthdays: Heinie Ulbricht (1891), Harry Lewis (1895), Eugen Bjornstadt (1909), Rex Easton (1913), Andy Furci (1916), Bob Peterson (1917), Ken Kavanagh (1923), Tyre Rakestraw (1924), Paul Kleinschmidt (1925), Wally Dallenbach (1936), Mark Hurley (1936), Barry Wraith (1937), Larry Hedrick (1940), Ralph Radburn (1940), Lester Fahlgren (1943), Bob Senneker (1944), Emerson Fittipaldi (1946), Mike Reichenberger (1946), Renzo Zorzi (1946), James McCormick (1947), Roelof Wunderink (1948), Dave Weltmeyer (1954), Skip Bennett IV (1956), Tomaz Mello-Breyner (1957), Lee Perkinson Jr. (1960), Joe Madore (1960), Gary Shackford (1968), Chad Nolting (1969), Tony Williams (1970), Shane Howison (1973), Grant Aither (1974), Spanks Overbeck (1975), Rob Ferriol (1976), Nathan Wulff (1976), Marc Basseng (1978), Andrea Piccini (1978), Cody Pruitt (1985), Rance Hume (1987), Taylor Ferns (1995), Oliver Askew (1996), Matheo Tuscher (1996), Blake Barney (1999)

1914: American Association of State Highway Officials was formed.

1914: Twenty highway officials meeting in Washington, DC's Raleigh Hotel form AASHO. Henry G. Shirley, then of Maryland, is elected the first President (1914-1916). Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt of North Carolina serves as Secretary until December 1921. Director Logan Page, P. St. J. Wilson, and J. E. Pennybacker, Jr., represent OPR. At 2 o'clock, the highway officials are received by President Woodrow Wilson and pose for a photograph in front of the executive office of the White House.

1959: While on loan to the United Nations to study Egypt's highways, Bureau of Public Roads' H. A. Radzikowski is evaluating how construction of the Aswan Dam will affect highway requirements. Today, he interviews General Ibrahim El-Habbal, General Manager of the Kima Fertilizer Plant, and Dr. Hassen Zaky, President of the Aswan High Dam Department.

2005: CarsandRacingStuff.com was launched.

2012: Yuriy Veres released a Ukrainian-language cover of Janis Joplin's song “Mercedes Benz” on his album 60/70.