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On This Day in Automotive History: June 21
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On This Day in Automotive History
June 21
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Birthdays: George Babcock (1876), Baron de Rachewsky (1892), Paul Pietsch (1911), Earl Foushee (1927), John Cannon (1933), Ron Grable (1933), Al Loquasto (1940), Cecil Gordon (1941), Steve Reich (1942), Peter Schetty (1942), Prince Leopold von Bayern (1943), Rod Chooljian (1946), Rob Dyson (1946), Bob Mazzuoccola (1947), Jim Raptis (1947), Jimmy Castleberry (1949), Gordy Sannes (1953), Mark Raccaro (1955),
Phil Parsons (1957), Dave Byrd (1958), Martin Stretton (1959), Chris Jones (1963),
Eddie Pearson (1965), Kayne Scott (1968), Craig Lowndes (1974), Adam Gowans (1976), Chad Martin (1980), Mishael Abbott (1981), Christian Montanari (1981), Craig Smith (1983), Franck Perera (1984), Jason Hankewich (1986), David Odell (1986), Alex Schutte (1989), Anthony Garbarino (1992), Ferdinand Habsburg (1997), Adam Lemke (2002)
1935: The film
Thru Traffic, also known as Speed Devils, was released.
1991: President George Bush addresses AASHTO in the White House's Rose Garden on the surface transportation legislation pending in the Congress (ISTEA). "No transportation partnership," he says, "has endured so long or accomplished as much as the one between the federal government and AASHTO." He also refers to the challenge he issued to Congress during his State of the Union Address to enact the transportation bill within 100 days. The Senate had acted, but not the House. "A challenge of 100 days became an occasion for 100 different delays and 101 excuses for inaction."
2016: NEVS announces that it will sell cars under its own brand after loss of permission to use the
Saab name.
2017:
Skip Van Leeuwen died.
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