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On This Day in Automotive History: March 3
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On This Day in Automotive History
March 3
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Birthdays: Bob Beck (1907), George Weaver (1911), B.E. Renfro (1915), Clyde Lynn (1936), Pete Halsmer (1944), Tom Hanson (1947), Otto Stuppacher (1947), Jeff Culver (1948), Kim Campbell (1954), Franz Hunkeler (1955), Fred Rahmer (1958), Bill Flowers (1959), Joel Reiser (1960), Rafael Martinez (1962), Perry McCarthy (1962), Bill Eversole (1963), Tony Ring (1964), Kevin Allen (1965), Stephane de Groodt (1966), Raymond Narac (1967), Joe Czarnecki (1970), John Gerstner (1970), Dean MacInnis (1973), Andy Carroll (1974), Nigel Stones (1976), Nicolas Kiesa (1978), Billy Mowery (1979),
Ed Carpenter (1981), Joseph Pellegrino (1981), Brett Hobson (1986), Jody Knowles (1986), Kyle Krisiloff (1986), Justin Johnson (1987), Kody Swanson (1988), Morgen Baird (1993), Brandon Watson (1993), Chase Curtis (2004), Jaret Curtis (2004), Jake Garcia (2005)
1893: In one of President Benjamin Harrison's last acts before leaving office, he signs the Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1894, appropriating $10,000 for a road inquiry that gets underway with formation of the ORI, headed by General Roy Stone, on October 3, 1893. An associate of General Stone wrote to him in New York to tell him why Stone's broader bill had not been considered: Senate supporters of both bills "decided that it was more discreet to save the appr'n of $10nd, as it stood, than to attract attention to it by an amendment, & run the risk of a debate & losing all-hence the inaction."
1936: In a referendum, Vermont's voters defeat a proposition to buy right-of-way for the Green Mountain Parkway, effectively killing the proposal. The parkway, which would have run the length of the State, had been proposed by the NPS, Bureau of Public Roads, and the Vermont Bureau of Public Works. Reporting the results of the referendum, the Rutland Herald said, "Now in truth Vermont can say not only that she is, but that she will remain unspoiled-unspoiled in character, in common sense, in dignity, as well as in scenery."
2009: President Barack Obama visits DOT along with Vice President Joe Biden to discuss the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which is intended to help the country recover from a deep recession. In the East Atrium, the President says, "we will be investing $28 billion in our highways, money that every one of our 50 States can start using immediately to put people back to work."
2019:
Grab launches GrabPet.
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