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On This Day in Automotive History: January 30

On This Day in Automotive History
January 30

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Birthdays: Ed Madden (1885), Rudolf Caracciola (1901), Giovanbattista Guidotti (1902), Don Cecchini (1910), Paul Frere (1917), Ralph Zrimsek (1918), Roy Hall (1920), Norm Nelson (1923), Keith Rachwitz (1925), Tommy Copp (1927), Al Smith (1929), Murray Carter (1931), Junior Abernathy (1935), Bruce Johnstone (1937), John Wingfield (1943), Jacques Almeras (1949), Hans-Jorg Hofer (1949), Dan Press (1949), Bob Ward (1950), Joe Falk (1951), Mark Greenberg (1954), Keiichi Tsuchiya (1957), Dale Blaney (1964), Dave Caruso (1966), Richard Mitchell (1967), Ben Aucott (1970), James Boulton (1970), David Markozov (1974), Marco Bilodeau (1975), Mike Marlar (1978), Sam Hignett (1979), Jason Meyers (1979), Julien Schell (1979), Wendy Venturini (1979), Mathias Lauda (1981), Travis Sharpe (1982), Daniel Bopp (1984), Tengyi Jiang (1985), Sean Caisse (1986), Rico Abreu (1992), Chad Boat (1992), Luis Vega (1996), Landon Huffman (1996)

1918: BPR issues the certificate of completion for the first project completed under the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 in Contra Costa County, California. The 2.55-mile project is on the road from Richmond, CA, to the Alameda County line. Work consisted of grading the roadbed, draining and installing culverts flanked with concrete headwalls, and laying a portland cement concrete base, 20 feet wide, with a bituminous concrete top. The pavement is 20 feet wide. Total cost for the project: $53,938.85.

1951: Ferdinand Porsche died.

1996: Ed Kretz Sr. died.

2019: Grab announces a new headquarters in Singapore.