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On This Day in Automotive History: May 25
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On This Day in Automotive History
May 25
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Birthdays: Ray Sherman (1902), Bob Schwingle (1916),
Smokey Yunick (1923), Dan Galullo (1925),
Bud Moore (1925), Paul Burrow (1931), Roger Carmillet (1933), Jim Trueman (1935), Mike Harris (1939), Kevin Bartlett (1940), Bill Adam (1946), Pat Mintey (1947), Andre Chevalley (1949), Don Abreu (1950), Phil Knepp (1950), Mike Maietta (1955),
Paul Andrews (1957), Michael Benevides (1960), Philippe Verellen (1962), Frank Yu (1963), Jerry Artuso (1964), Mike Langston (1964), Troy Nelson (1964), Tim Deroin (1965), Bret Parker (1971), Mike Palumbo (1974), Mario Haberfeld (1976), David Boyd (1977), Yuya Sakamoto (1978), Dirk Werner (1981), Mike Bursley (1983), Michael Caruso (1983), Matt Parsons (1984),
A.J. Foyt IV (1984), Pierluigi Veronesi (1988), Ryan Rust (1992), Ross Kenseth (1993)
1911: Former Director Martin Dodge is in Birmingham, Alabama, to address the 4th National Good Roads Congress on "Advancement of the Road Movement in the United States." He advocates dividing the cost of building and maintaining public highways among local, State, and Federal governments. "I am perfectly sure that the idea of state aid which has worked so well in many of the states, carried to its logical conclusion through National aid will surely and finally solve the problem."
1919: In his first memorandum to all engineers, Chief Thomas MacDonald notes that, "Our success will depend largely upon the attitude of mind and confidence we establish on the part of the State officials."
1939: The Export-Import Bank of Washington asks Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace to arrange for the assignment of Bureau of Public Roads engineers to assist with extension of credits for public road construction in Latin America. The first request for assistance was for assignment of an engineer to Paraguay.
1972: Michael Murphey released his album Geronimo's Cadillac, which includes the title track.
2005:
Opel Zafira A production ended.
2014:
Hindustan Ambassador production ended.
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