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On This Day in Automotive History: February 18

On This Day in Automotive History
February 18

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Birthdays: Jack Scales (1886), Pete Henderson (1895), Jim Brubaker (1913), Ann Slaasted (1923), Jim McElreath (1928), Fred Windridge (1931), Norm Brown (1937), Gary Congdon (1937), Georges Tessier (1937), Leo Leonard (1940), Richard Lloyd (1945), Dominique Delestre (1955), Mark Neuhaus (1955), James Cline (1957), Giovanni Lavaggi (1958), Peter Van der Kolk (1958), Shareef Malnik (1958), Eddie D'Hondt (1959), Scott Wood (1960), Mark Klenin (1962), James Kaye (1964), John Coffman (1966), Brent Dragon (1966), Bryan Germone (1969), Aaron Will (1971), Stephen Watson (1973), Jimmy Kite (1976), Leilani Munter (1976), Logan Dernoshek (1979), Justin Lofton (1986), Michela Cerruti (1987), Clay Jones (1987), Scott Anderson (1989), Daniel Rowbottom (1989), Alex Haase (1990), Shane Smiley (1991), Henry Surtees (1991), Jonathan Arevalo (1993), Brandon Glover (1995), Josh Jackson (1996), Brandon Jones (1997)

1921: Secretary of Agriculture E.T. Meridith transmits Bureau of Public Roads' report to the California Highway Commission classifying pavement on 1,262 miles of California's road system. (Field studies, began July 8, 1920, under the direction of Dr. L. I. Hewes and T. Warren Allen, involved taking 7,500 photos.) In a foreword, Chief Thomas MacDonald notes, "The California study is the most comprehensive study of results obtained through the development of a State highway system that has yet been undertaken."

1969: In Little Rock, Arkansas, FHWA's David S. Gendell, Ali F. Sevin, and Manuel A. Marks, Jr., open a 4-day course on urban transportation planning for local, State, and FHWA officials. The course familiarizes attendees with the key elements of the comprehensive, cooperative, continuing transportation planning process.

2001: Dale Earnhardt died in a last lap crash at the Daytona 500. Michael Waltrip would win the race, his first Winston Cup victory.