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On This Day in Automotive History: February 3

On This Day in Automotive History
February 3

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Birthdays: Benny Shoaff (1897), Harry Hunt (1901), Bennie Benefiel (1904), Milt Marion (1909), Roscoe Rann (1917), Tony Gaze (1920), Charles Tidwell (1921), Johnny Moorhouse (1922), Stan Noble (1924), Mack Hanbury (1931), Graham Taylor (1939), Victor McIntyre (1940), Marv Acton (1944), Lennie Waldo (1944), Larry Bayless (1948), Richard Jones (1949), Rocky Moran (1950), Bill Clarke (1953), Jim Darlington (1953), Buzzie Bezanson (1956), Bobby Rain (1957), Chico Serra (1957), Danny Lasoski (1959), Bruce Wilson (1960), Randy Corey (1961), Glenn Miller (1961), Kelly Kinser (1962), Bobby Gada (1964), Ricky Gonzalez (1966), Lamar Haygood (1969), Bruce Ledoux (1969), Elisa Donovan (1971), Rick Markle (1972), Brian King (1974), Tom Buzze (1982), Alan Gurr (1982), Dominic Jacques (1985), Eric Humphries (1986), Giorgio Rosa (1986), Justin Bonsignore (1988), Brian Wong (1989), Dennis Lind (1993), Dennis van de Laar (1994), Bobby Kendall (1995), Tyler Rypkema (1997), Tim Monroe (2000), Evan Pichard Arnaud (2001)

1963: The United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Less Developed Areas opens in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3-20. One of the participants is Administrator Rex Whitton, who delivers a paper on "Highway Planning and Programming in the Economy." He summarizes the observations of BPR engineers who have seen how the improved roads they helped build in five countries (Jordan, Mexico, The Philippines, Turkey, and Uganda) expedite social, political, and economic growth.

1964: The song “Fun, Fun, Fun” by The Beach Boys was released.

2010: The film Fast Lane was released to DVD.

2016: Toyota announced that it would discontinue the Scion brand.

On This Day in Automotive History: February 3