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On This Day in Automotive History: February 7

On This Day in Automotive History
February 7

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Birthdays: Tee Linn (1907), Leonard Tippett (1921), Jack McClure (1926), Johnny Osteen (1934), Michael Williams (1942), Alain Hubert (1943), Lawrence DeGeorge (1945), Pierre Rubens (1947), Bobby Gahan (1949), Tate Bosworth (1950), Mike Davis (1951), John Nielsen (1956), Charles Zahn (1956), Clay Campbell (1960), Charlie Shears (1961), Dan Topel (1963), Kevin Belmont (1964), Roland Berville (1966), Todd Hanson (1968), Scott Ivie (1971), Eric Peterson (1971), Steven Howard (1974), Rudy Vanderwal (1974), Christian Klien (1983), Josh Wise (1983), Steven Davis (1985), J.D. White (1985), Ben Stancill (1989), Sven Muller (1992), Trevor McCoy (1995), Pierre Gasly (1996), Chase Cabre (1997), Kodie Conner (2001)

1907: OPR issues Circular No. 97 on "Coke-Oven Tars of the United States" by OPR Chemist Prevost Hubbard. He prepared the circular because of the rapidly increasing use of refined coal tar in road work and the immense quantity that will become available through installation of by-product coke ovens.

1914: The film Kid Auto Races at Venice was released.

1916: D.H. Winslow, OPR's Senior Highway Engineer, delivers a series of lectures to the Third North Carolina Road Institute at the University of North Carolina. The lectures discuss maintenance, with particular reference to the patrol system, under which citizens are assigned to keep their eye on specified stretches of road near their home or farm.

1983: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor administers the oath of office to Elizabeth Hanford Dole, who becomes the first woman to serve as US Secretary of Transportation.

1995: The song “You Win My Love” by Shania Twain was released on her album The Woman in Me.

2004: The first episode of Chop Cut Rebuild aired.

2013: FCA unveiled the Ram ProMaster at the Chicago Auto Show.

2019: The film Cold Pursuit was released in 11 markets (initial public release).