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On This Day in Automotive History: June 27
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On This Day in Automotive History
June 27
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Birthdays: Terry Curley (1901), Allen Pollock (1902), Lloyd Axel (1905), Peter Hahn (1909), Ed Normi (1918), Bobby Myers (1927), Bill West (1927), Gene Petro (1935), Jerry Parnell (1940), Chris Irwin (1942), Richard Thompson (1943), Jeff Stevens (1944), Gary Matthews (1945), Rafael Tarradas-Gorsas (1946), Mike Starnes (1949), Andy Evans (1951), Seth Neiman (1954), Clair Zimmerman (1956), Andre Ahrle (1961), Steve Williams (1962),
Johnny Benson Jr. (1963), Kirk Horton (1963), Jim Lowe (1963), Sam Parsons (1963), Robbie Reiser (1963), Lee Arnold (1965), Randy Rodgers (1965), Troy Nicholson (1966), Randy Blaylock (1967), Kevin Bishop (1968), Jimmy Adams (1972), Sebastien Dumez (1974), Joe Walsh (1975), Ron Yuhas (1977), Chevy White (1979), Nico Rosberg (1985), Jordan Dahlke (1991), Matt Kurzejewski (1991), Dusty Davis (1992), Kyle Pembroke (1994)
1958: Bureau of Public Roads' Montana Division begins a move to Helena after being in Missoula since April 1918.
1962: The
Alfa Romeo Giulia TI was unveiled at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.
1967: In West Yellowstone, Montana, Administrator Lowell Bridwell addresses the Western Governors' Conference on uniform standards for highway safety. He says the Highway Safety Act of 1966 "represented the intention of Congress that the Federal Government support, stimulate, and help the States toward achieving the nationally mandated goal of much greater safety on America's highway network . . . . So we see the future of our standards, and the State programs initiated or improved under them, as a future of close cooperation between and among the Federal and State governments in this area of critical national need."
1977: The film Backroads was released.
1986: The
American Coalition for Traffic Safety was incorporated in Washington, D.C.
1990: The film
Days of Thunder was released.
2006:
Johan Jacobs dies in a crash while testing for a land-speed record attempt.
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