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On This Day in Automotive History: May 26

On This Day in Automotive History
May 26

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Birthdays: Arthur N. Jervis (1865), Mauri Rose (1906), Eli Vukovich (1916), Laird Bruner (1921), Whitey Gerken (1930), Peter Westbury (1938), Pee Wee Wentz (1941), Brian Callaghan (1942), Max Mamers (1943), Larry Baumel (1944), Dick Downs (1944), Sam Posey (1944), Dan Pastorini (1949), Greg Carr (1951), Jon Groom (1951), George Brunnhoelzl Jr. (1952), Antonio Herrmann (1954), Wayne Bellefleur (1955), Roberto Ravaglia (1957), Ronald Cooper (1958), Pedro Mello-Breyner (1959), Mike Clark (1961), Lynn Wilson (1962), Jerry Babb (1964), Gary Casella (1964), Laine Chase (1965), Stevie Smith (1966), Stacy Compton (1967), John Tanner (1967), Road Ammons (1968), Miguel Duhamel (1968), Jim Courage Jr. (1969), Shane Russ (1970), Ronnie White (1972), Andrej Pavicevic (1975), Dwight Copp (1977), David Hibbard (1980), Amber Koch (1986), Leah Pritchett (1988), Thor Anderson (1992), Johanna Long (1992), Jami Weimer (1995), Carson Macedo (1996), Sarah McKay (1996), Loris Hezemans (1997)

1913: Work begins on the Waterloo Post Road in Lauderdale County, Alabama, the first to be completed under the 1913 Federal post road program. The work consists of grading 14.56 miles (72,240 square yards) of road at a cost of $25,781.09 and surfacing part of this length at a cost of $2,166.05. The 12-foot wide gravel surfacing is laid on the graded earth road.

1923: The first 24 Hours of Le Mans began in Le Sarthe, France.

1927: Production of the Ford Model T ends. Henry Ford was on hand to watch the 15 millionth roll off of the assembly line in Highland Park, Michigan.

1983: Deputy Administrator Lester Lamm announces specifics of the FAST program to Facilitate Acceleration Through Special Techniques. Growing out of the Everett Bypass Demonstration Project in Pennsylvania, FAST is aimed at simplifying procedures for all highway projects. "This program can be summarized as a systematic effort to expedite projects through exceptions to normal procedures based on predetermined priority need." Mr. Steiner M. Silence, Chief of the Special Procedures Branch, is the Headquarters contact for FAST.

2006: Cars opened in theaters.