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On This Day in Automotive History: February 5

On This Day in Automotive History
February 5

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Birthdays: Louis Wagner (1882), Teddy Tetzlaff (1883), Bob McDonogh (1899), Leslie Allen (1904), John Schipper (1912), Walter Minx (1917), Robert Caswell (1921), Alain de Changy (1922), Jack Hubbard (1923), Alan Goldstein (1935), Darrell Waltrip (1947), Dorsey Schroeder (1953), Bob Hill (1955), Hector Rebaque (1956), Ricky Pearson (1957), John Hotchkis Jr. (1959), Bubba Nissen (1960), Joe Mattress (1964), Fred Astle Jr. (1965), Henrik Hedman (1968), Rob Powers (1969), Kevin Sasser (1970), Paul Poulter (1973), Brian DeFebo (1979), Justin Labonte (1981), Niels Albert (1986), Reed Sorenson (1986), Edward Morris (1988), Jamie Dick (1989)

1919: Bureau of Public Roads conducts a slab stress test on the Camp Humphreys concrete road to Alexandria, Virginia, with a loaded truck (5,000 pounds front, 17,000 pounds rear axle).

1957: Bertram D. Tallamy takes office as the second Federal Highway Administrator (and first confirmed by the Senate).

2001: ATV Offroad Fury was release for PlayStation in North America (initial release).