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On This Day in Automotive History: January 11
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On This Day in Automotive History
January 11
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Birthdays: Ray Yeager (1900), Carroll Shelby (1923), John Lansaw (1926), Jack D. McCoy (1928), John Rogers (1928), Buddy Cagle (1930), Bill Wimble (1932), Gene Lovelace (1934), Reb Wickersham (1934), Danny Jones (1935), Udo Schutz (1937), Ronnie Bates (1946), Michel Nourry (1946), Pete Silva (1948), Bob Randall (1950), Mike Youles (1956),
Brett Bodine (1959), Chris Pallis (1959), Thierry Tassin (1959), Andy Burgess (1960), Wally Fowler (1960), Stephane Cohen (1965), Frank Ruocco (1967), Brandon Riehl (1977), Paul Edwards (1978), Mike Hennessy (1980), Rocky Moran Jr. (1980), Andy Monday (1982), Adrian Sutil (1983), Heamin Choi (1984), Filip Salaquarda (1984), Shane Wallace (1984), Kazuki Nakajima (1985), Kent Nuhn (1986), Max Hyatt (1987), Austin Siebert (1987), Ashley Walsh (1988), Danny Cugini (1992), Tyler Reddick (1996)
1945: Commissioner Thomas MacDonald testifies on "Housing Developments and Express Highways" before the Subcommittee on Housing for the Post-War Period. Using the Shirley Memorial Highway in northern Virginia as an example, he shows how the "location and development of modern housing projects and the provision of express highways are closely interrelated."
1971: The song “Mercedes Benz” by Janis Joplin was released on her album Pearl.
2010: Mercedes-Benz unveils the
A207 E-Class Cabriolet.
2016: General Motors debuted the North American market version of the
Buick Envision. When it went on sale later in the year it would become GM's first China-manufactured vehicle in its home market.
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