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On This Day in Automotive History: February 12

On This Day in Automotive History
February 12

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Birthdays: Pierre Felix (1896), Floyd Roberts (1904), Fred McEvoy (1907), Jack Turner (1920), Lex Davison (1923), Paul Bass (1929), Ronnie Duman (1929), Toby Tobias (1932), Jim Briody (1944), Jorge Koechlin (1950), Patrick Gaillard (1952), Gunther Gebhardt (1954), Steve Bird (1955), Robin Vollmoeller (1956), Hal LaTulip (1960), Tony Ridner (1963), Darin Fairbanks (1965), Gary Chapman (1966), Paula Elstrek (1968), Jeff Mosing (1968), Zen Low (1969), Johnny Mowlem (1969), Matt Downs (1973), Ryan Vos (1973), Marcelo Silva (1974), Taranosuke Takagi 高木 虎之介 (1974), Brad Keselowski (1984), Vincent Gonneau (1986), Dan Moore (1988), Ray Mooi (1989), Nicholas McBride (1991), Tyler Millwood (1991), Ed Jones (1995), Waylon Farrell (2001), Joey Iest (2003)

1902: The American Road Makers Association, forerunner of ARTBA, is founded at the Cadillac Hotel in New York City. Michigan's Horatio S. “Good Roads” Earle and William S. Crandall of New York had formulated the idea during a meeting on December 8, 1901. Director Martin Dodge promptly endorsed the idea. However, of the 200 people invited to participate, only 25 answered and only 4 attend the organizational meeting (16 sent proxies). Earle chose the association's name because the acronym "ARM" meant that the association “will never lower its arm until its purpose, 'The Capital Connecting Government Highway' is attained, connecting every state capital with every other state capital, and every capital with the United States Capital-Washington.”

1914: Senior Highway Engineer J. T. Voshell of OPR and Iowa State Highway Engineer Thomas H. MacDonald participate in the First Annual Conference on Concrete Road Building, held in Chicago, Illinois.

1942: The Southeastern Association of State Highway Officials holds its first annual meeting in Asheville, NC. PRA participants include B. I. Segall (“Metropolitan Atlanta Master Traffic Plan Study”) and Wilbur B. King (“Roadside Development”).

1981: Secretary of Transportation Drew Lewis administers the oath of office to Federal Highway Administrator Ray A. Barnhart, who will serve longer than any "Administrator" (through December 31, 1987).

1981: The song “Red Barchetta” by Rush was released on their album Moving Pictures.