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On This Day in Automotive History: January 9
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On This Day in Automotive History
January 9
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Birthdays: George Bradbeer (1881), Phil Pardee (1906), Bob Appleton (1913), Dick Kable (1922), Jim Lamport (1924), Dick Johnson (1928), Harold Hardesty (1931), Edwin Abate (1933), Pierre Orsini (1936), Karl Busson (1938), Carl Zaretzke (1941), Yvon Bedard (1951),
Bob Rahilly (1953), Gary Mayeda (1954), Will Sizemore (1958),
Mark Martin (1959), Mario Bazali (1960), Pascal Fabre (1960), Tony Quarles (1964), Scott Bouley (1965), Preston Jernigan (1968), Stephane Raffin (1969), Dean Wanless (1970), Billy Parker (1977), Sam Hancock (1980), J.R. Norris (1980), Ian Baas (1983), Oliver Jarvis (1984), Shannon Koch (1986), Sam Bird (1987), Stephen Leicht (1987), Keisuke Kunimoto (1989), Erick Rudolph (1992), Luis Michael Dorrbecker (1993), Jessica Clark (1994), Zack Huffman (1994), Griffin Steinfeld (1994), Joey Padgett (1997)
1951: Bureau of Public Roads awards a construction contract for an access road to a projected Atomic Energy Commission plant on the Savannah River southeast of Augusta, GA (construction begins January 15, and the road opens July 1).
1962: At the HRB's 41st Annual Meeting, Administrator Rex Whitton presents the George S. Bartlett Award to former Administrator Bertram Tallamy. Whitton says his predecessor "took the post when it was new, and just getting started on the enlarged program, and thus absorbed many of the shocks of the new job." He adds, "He is such a good friend that he recommended to the Secretary of Commerce and insisted that I accept the position that he previously held and that I now hold."
1984: The song “Panama” by Van Halen was released on their album 1984.
2007:
Elmer Symons dies during the
Dakar Rally.
2020:
Walter J. Boyne died.
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