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On This Day in Automotive History: June 3

On This Day in Automotive History
June 3

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Birthdays: Fred Belcher (1881), J. Murray Page (1881), Fred Frame (1894), Al Pombo (1925), John McGinley (1926), Verlin Eaker (1933), Art Malone (1936), Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (1937), Connie Saylor (1940), Albert Hammond (1943), Yvette Fontaine (1946), Mike Burgmann (1947), Joe Fields (1948), Conrad Morgan (1948), Ross Davis (1950), Ross Hyett (1953), Glen Steurer (1955), Corey Smith (1969), Darrell Lanigan (1970), Sammy Potashnick (1974), Karl Allard (1976), Chad McGlynn (1976), Jamie McMurray (1976), Daniel Miller (1977), Jimmy Burns (1978), Tyler McQuarrie (1978), Kris Szekeres (1980), Clay Greenfield (1984), Brandon Kelley (1984), Adrian Valles (1986), Austin Pickens (1993), Josh Bilicki (1995), Cole Moore (1997)
1922: Bureau of Public Roads and the Nevada State Highway Department formally accept as completed an improved highway across the notorious "Fallon Sink" in Churchill County, a sand and alkali flat that had bedeviled motorists for years. The road, with a 20-foot wide crushed-rock and gravel surface and 18-foot turnouts every 2,000 feet, opens on June 4.

1993: Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña (the first Hispanic-American to hold the post) administers the oath of office to Rodney E. Slater as Federal Highway Administrator, the first African-American to hold the position. A swearing in ceremony takes place on June 16, with Slater's family in attendance.

2003: The film Turbo Charged Prelude to 2 Fast 2 Furious was released.

2014: The film Joy Ride 3: Roadkill was released digitally (initial release).

2016: The song “80s Mercedes” by Maren Morris was released on her album Hero.