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On This Day in Automotive History: November 22

On This Day in Automotive History
November 22

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Birthdays: George Robertson (1884), Pietro Bordino (1887), Harley Earl (1893), Ira Vail (1893), Pappy Hough (1903), Don Rogala (1916), Toy Bolton (1926), Bob Derrington (1930), Paul Connors (1934), Jackie Pretorius (1934), Maynard Troyer (1938), John Haver (1939), Duke Cook (1943), Bernard Decure (1944), Salt Walther (1947), Raymond Boutinaud (1948), Lynn Carroll (1951), Tony Nuzzo (1952), Kenny Allen (1956), Jim Ross (1956), Kent Burkoth (1963), Joe Golobic (1965), Dean Clattenburg (1970), Paul Romano (1973), Ryan McGlynn (1974), Toby Porter (1974), Brandon Erwin (1975), Tommy Gately (1975), Jason Hathaway (1976), Jamie Skinner (1977), Frederic Makowiecki (1980), Stefan Mucke (1981), Lawson Aschenbach (1983), Matthieu Lahaye (1984), Ashley Freiberg (1991), Max Zachem (1992)

1910: At the invitation of Director Logan Page, some 30 State and interstate organizations (highway agencies, railroads, and good roads associations encompassing the entire good roads movement) meet in Washington, DC, to form the American Association for Highway Improvement (shortened to the American Highway Association in 1912). It is intended to be an umbrella-type organization "to harmonize and correlate all efforts for the improvement of the public roads." (On October 30, 1917, the Board of Directors voted to dissolve the association.)

1917: A trailblazing party, including representatives of the Ohio Highway Department, the U.S. Army, the Lincoln Highway Association, and OPRRE, leaves Toledo, Ohio, for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to ensure newly built military trucks can be driven to the port for shipment to Europe, thereby sparing railroad cars for other war duty. The route became the main military truck route during World War I.

1930: Bureau of Public Roads completes the last link in the Oregon Coast Highway (U.S. 101). The final construction report by R.A. Mack notes: "Nowhere else in the United States will the motorist find a highway that follows the ocean for so great a distance in such a spectacular manner."

1967: Saab unveils the 99 in Stockholm, Sweden.

1983: Patrick O'Connor died.

2005: Project Gotham Racing 3 released in the United States.

2011: The film Carjacked was released.

2018: Nissan's board unanimously decides to dismiss Carlos Ghosn as Chairman.

2019: The film Shelby American: The Carroll Shelby Story was released.

In the News...

Date	Article	Author/Source
11 November 2011	ثعبان كبير يثير الذعر ويعرقل حركة المرور في الإمارات (escaped snake blocks traffic in UAE) أثار ثعبان ضخم طوله 1.5 متر، من نوع "الأصلة الملكية" الذعر بين عدد كبير من الناس، أثناء محاولته شق طريقه في أحد شوارع الإمارات، ما أدى إلى عرقلة حركة المرور لبعض الوقت، بسبب الخشية من احتمال تسببه في خطر على حياة المارة.	News Article (text) Publisher: ويكي الأخبار

On This Day in Automotive History: November 22