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On This Day in Automotive History: January 27

On This Day in Automotive History
January 27

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Birthdays: Ray Smith (1905), Buck Baity (1913), Clem Smith (1927), George Follmer (1934), John Colgate (1935), Henri Grandsire (1936), Dan Murphy (1942), Rit Patchen (1949), Dave Berube (1950), John St. Angelo (1952), Michel Lecourt (1953), Phil Good (1955), Al Elmore (1959), Gary Bradberry (1961), Jerry Robertson (1962), Craig Dollansky (1966), Rob Knook (1967), Tim Turner (1969), David Froelich Jr. (1970), Patrice Brisebois (1971), Louie Mechalides (1971), Doug Adams (1973), Clint Watkins (1977), Scott Sheldon (1978), Marco Zadra (1978), Lee Carpentier (1982), Alex Fleming (1989), Gael Castelli (1990), Phyl Zubizareta (1990), Daniel Hemric (1991), Markus Pommer (1991), Alex Riberas (1994)

1914: OPR's George R. Marshall and Professor R.J. Potts of Texas A&M University conduct a school on good roads as part of the Third Annual Convention of the Texas Good Roads Association in Fort Worth.

1959: Amid cheers from over 160 freeway foes, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors adopts a resolution deleting six of the nine proposed freeways in the city. An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle endorses this "rebellion against the bull-dozing, home-displacing, land-gobbling freeway monster."

1962: Calling it a “marvelous asset,” Governor Gaylord Nelson opens the first 5-mile segment of Milwaukee County Expressway in Wisconsin. More than 200 people, including State, county, city, and suburban officials, are present for the ribbon cutting. The remainder of the 15-mile east-west Interstate freeway, westerly from the downtown area, is scheduled to be completed next year.