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On This Day in Automotive History: December 24

On This Day in Automotive History
December 24

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Birthdays: Harry Hartz (1896), Wimpy Ervin (1917), Bill Taylor (1918), Peter Bolton (1919), Dick Bailey (1922), Jim Hendrickson (1924), Charles Musselman (1927), Lyle Matlock (1933), Howden Ganley (1941), John Hubbard (1941), Manfred Schurti (1941), Joe Wallace (1941), Dwight Estby (1942), Eddie Leavitt (1942), Slick Gardner (1946), Bill Henderson (1946), Bobby Olivero (1946), Warwick Brown (1949), Robin Schildknecht (1953), L.J. Pryor (1955), Mary Barra (1961), Cheryl Glass (1961), Ronnie Grubb (1963), Scott Harrington (1963), Jose Cordova (1964), Glenn Tyler (1968), Will Nonnamaker (1971), Travis Adams (1977), Jeffrey Belt (1981), David Ragan (1985), Chris Cockrum (1986), Michael Lewis (1990), Chris Windom (1990), Jake Johnson (2002)

1973: Chevrolet begins development on the Chevette.

1975: FHWA releases Your Rights and Benefits as a Highway Relocatee, a brochure intended to help those who are required to relocate because of Federal-aid highway construction.

1992: FHWA's Bert Schachnies of the Office of International Programs and Jim Sorenson of the Pavement Division return from Russia after a study tour that began on December 10. In addition to helping develop the basis for cooperation between the two countries on road technology, Schachnies performed a preliminary review of the Russian road construction industry. Sorenson contributed to a World Bank analysis of Russia's road needs, following up on work performed by the French Government.

2013: The first episode of Turbo Fast aired.

2019: Travis Kalanick announces that he will resign from Uber's Board of Directors at the end of the year.