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On This Day in Automotive History: June 2

On This Day in Automotive History
June 2

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Birthdays: Ferdinando Minoia (1884), Don Branson (1920), Gig Stephens (1926), Armond Holley (1934), Jim Weber (1941), Bob Tweedie (1944), Satch Worley (1948), Tighe Scott (1949), George Whelen (1953), Steve Kinser (1954), P.B. Crowell III (1955), Jan Lammers (1956), Keith Connelly (1958), Kyle Petty (1960), Domenic Beninca (1964), Frank de Vita (1964), Tommy Rowe (1966), Greg Fowler (1967), Andy Booth (1974), Andrew Bordin (1976), G.R. Smith (1981), Rodrigo Marban (1987), Tom Abele Jr. (1989), Sebastian Saavedra (1990), Tyler Hill (1994), Brandon Herbert (1996)

1920: Chief Thomas MacDonald, National Park Service founder Stephen Mather, and other officials in Washington, DC, wish pathfinder and temporary Bureau of Public Roads Special Agent A. L. Westgard success on his trip to identify the best route for the National Park-to-Park Highway loop of western National Parks.

1958: Today is moving day for Washington Headquarters employees who report for duty in their new offices in the Matomic Building (1717 H Street, NW)--521 employees from offices in the GSA Building, 26 from the United Steel Workers Building, and 3 from the National Association of Plumbing Contractors' Building. They join employees from the Defense Plans and Operations Division, who moved on May 12, and the Law Library (May 24). The move will be completed in 1960, with Bureau of Public Roads occupying floors 5 through 10. ("Matomic" comes from the building's owner, Jerry Maiatico, and the Atomic Energy Commission, the first tenant.)

1978: The film Corvette Summer was released.

1979: FHWA announces that all future roadbuilding contracts will contain provisions to ensure effective control of water pollution from highway construction sites. "In the past," Administrator Frank Turner says, "these pollution controls were voluntary . . . . Henceforth, they will be spelled out in the contracts with provisions made for separate payment for the control work performed."

1988: Secretary of Transportation James Burnley and Administrator Robert Farris are among the guests participating in the opening of the 10-mile I-93 Franconia Notch Parkway in New Hampshire. Controversy, particularly related to the rock landmark known as the "Old Man of the Mountain," resulted in a compromise parkway design. The finished highway includes sections of Interstate highway, a four-lane parkway, a three-lane parkway, and a two-lane parkway.

1992: The film La Carrera Pan Americana was released.

2008: Tata Motors finalised their purchase of Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford.

2023: The song “Porsche Topless” by Kid Cudi was released by Republic Records.