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On This Day in Automotive History: March 26

On This Day in Automotive History
March 26

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Birthdays: Dutch Baumann (1896), Renato Pirocchi (1933), Romie Alderman (1937), Vito Veninata (1942), Lella Lombardi (1943), Bernie McClure (1945), Yojiro Terada (1947), Doug Williams (1951), Didier Pironi (1952), Doug Zigadlo (1952), Elaine Chao (1953), Hank Parker Sr. (1953), Keith Kocher (1955), Charlie O'Brien (1955), Elio de Angelis (1958), Gareth Evans (1959), Jimmy Long (1960), Brian Till (1960), John Markovic (1961), Massimo Monti (1962), Jerry Fink (1963), Martin Donnelly (1964), Craig Conway (1965), Todd Cooper (1972), Tor Graves (1972), Christoph Ulrich (1972), Ray Parent (1974), Blaise Alexander (1976), Darryl O'Young (1980), Terry Evans (1981), Saeed Al Mehairi (1987), James Buescher (1990), Ryan Cullen (1991), Archie Hamilton (1991), Chris Raabe (1991), Stoffel Vandoorne (1992), Max Braams (1993), Giovanni Altoe (1998), Linus Lundqvist (1999), Austin Green (2001)

1953: Tom Alley died in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1993: The 2-day Conference for State DOT Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinators concludes in San Diego, California. The conference, coordinated by FHWA Bicycle Program Manager John Fegan, gives the participants, representing 45 States, the opportunity to meet each other, share information about their activities, and learn what resources are available at the national level. Most participants were appointed after ISTEA required each State to have a coordinator.

1975: Production begins on the Cadillac Seville.

2006: Paul Dana dies in IRL practice in Homestead, Miami.

2008: Ford agreed to sell their Jaguar Land Rover operations to Tata Motors.

2009: The Tesla Model S was displayed for the first time.

2015: The film Furious 7 was released in Croatia (initial public release).

2018: Grab merges with Uber's southeast Asia operations.

On This Day in Automotive History: March 26