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On This Day in Automotive History: July 30

On This Day in Automotive History
July 30

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Birthdays: Bill Chittum (1901), Jerry Houck (1902), Dickie Stoop (1920), Ward Towers (1934), Ben Arnold (1936), Hal Shuster (1942), Gerry Birrell (1944), Neil Bonnett (1946), Mike Doolin (1949), Brett Riley (1953), Tony Scott (1957), Fred Skaff (1959), Neil Crompton (1960), Mark Hartline (1963), Rick Guier (1965), Ricky Sanders (1966), Doug Van Den Brink (1966), Steve Whitt (1969), Victor Barrales (1971), Terry Jones (1971), Chris Rado (1975), John Tecce (1976), Rodolfo Lavin (1977), Kenko Miura (1979), Layton Crambrook (1981), Ryan Hackett (1982), John Gibson (1984), Joao Urbano (1985), Marco Holzer (1988), Cody Haskins (1991), Stienes Longin (1991), Bobby Pelland III (1993), Brandon Atkins (1996), Christian McGhee (1998)

1902: Today is the second day of the 3-day Greenville Good Roads Exposition in Michigan, sponsored by the State Highway Committee, the Montcalm County Road Makers Association, OPRI, and ARMA. Planned by Horatio S. Earle of the State Highway Committee, the exposition attracts over 25,000 people. Today, Director Martin Dodge addresses the convention on "Government Co-operation in Object-Lesson Road Work." In discussing object-lesson roads in 1900 and 1901, he says, "In all of these cases the co-operation has been very hearty on the part of the state, the county, the municipality in which the work has been done, and the results have been very satisfactory and beneficial."

1996: The final Chevrolet Beretta was produced.