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On This Day in Automotive History: December 26

On This Day in Automotive History
December 26

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Birthdays: Walter Jones (1885), Sterling Price (1889), T.W. Pickard (1895), Jose de Villapadierna (1909), Tex Keene (1917), John McVitty (1926), Claude Dubois (1932), Bill Brack (1935), Moises Solana (1935), Trevor Taylor (1936), Dean Roper (1938), Giancarlo Gagliardi (1943), Edward Cooper (1946), Harukuni Takahashi (1946), Keiji Matsumoto (1949), Greville Arnel (1950), Dane Pitarresi (1951), Terry Schoonover (1951), David Shep (1954), Adrian Newey (1958), Kerry Malone (1959), Robert Sprague (1959), Tim Balding (1965), Michelle Nagai (1966), Scott Kelley (1967), Gaylon Stewart (1967), Eric Trouillet (1968), Scott Neal (1969), Ronnie Burkett (1970), Anthony Nicolosi (1971), Shawn Fleury (1973), Jason Sarvis (1975), Aaron Zerefos (1983), Beau Slocumb (1984), Shane Price (1986), Griffin McGrath (1987), Jacob Perry (1990), Ben Kennedy (1991), Bobby Kennedy (1993), Chris Young Jr. (1993), Jake Parsons (1994), Madison Snow (1995), Bridget Burgess (2001)

1917: By Presidential Proclamation, the Federal Government sets up the U.S. Railroad Administration (USRA) and follows up on December 28 by seizing all mainline steam railroads with the intention of operating them during World War I under authority of the Army Appropriation Act of August 29, 1916. Secretary of the Treasury William G. McAdoo is appointed Director General of Railroads. In part, this action is a response to protests by State highway agencies that because of restrictions on rail transport imposed effective November 1, 1917, road work that was dependent on shipment of materials by rail had virtually been halted.

1941: The film Blonde Comet was released.

1956: Preston Tucker died.

1976: The film The Grim Reaper was released in the U.S.

1988: The 1989 Ford Thunderbird & Mercury Cougar were introduced.

2016: The film Monster Truck was released in the UK & Ireland.

2019: The first season of Fast & Furious Spy Racers was released on Netflix.

2020: The third season of Fast & Furious Spy Racers was released on Netflix.