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On This Day in Automotive History: January 3

On This Day in Automotive History
January 3

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Birthdays: Frank Durbin (1872), Joe Littlejohn (1908), Joe Sostilio (1915), Allen Heath (1918), Andy Pierce (1923), Mike McGreevy (1926), Danny Letner (1928), Wilbur Pickett (1930), Coo Coo Marlin (1932), Harold Leep (1933), Roy Tyner (1934), Roger Raymond (1941), Evan Noyes Jr. (1943), Butch Isom (1946), Clifford Strickland (1948), John Brumder (1950), Mark Harding (1950), Mike Ferre (1952), Babe Branscombe (1954), Willy T. Ribbs (1955), Boris Rotenberg (1957), Russell Spence (1960), Robbie Ferguson (1961), Keith Alexander (1963), Didier Bec (1963), Ray Hooper Jr. (1963), Steve Belletto (1965), Michael Strother (1967), Michael Schumacher (1969), Francesco Parli (1972), B.J. Deal (1980), Matt Hall (1980), Nicholas Uhrig (1980), Mike Stevens (1983), Jeff Rocco (1985), Keith Rocco (1985), J.R. Hildebrand (1988), Cody Lane (1996)

1908: Office of Public Roads completes work on a macadam object-lesson road built on the State Fair Grounds in Sedalia, Missouri. Work on the 2,945-foot road from 16th Street to the administration building began on August 1, 1907. The final road, built on a sticky gumbo soil, is 24 feet wide, with a depth of 4 inches at the sides and 6 inches at the center. With labor varying from $1.50 to $2.50 and animal teams at $3.50 per day, the road cost $6,731.82.

2001: Vanishing Point was released for Dreamcast in North America (first release).