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1889
133 years ago
Curtis P Read more…
1898
124 years ago
LaFrance Automobile sponsored the first hill climb run as a separate contest, at Chanteloup, near Paris Read more…
1901
121 years ago
Clement Studebaker (70), American carriage manufacturer died Read more…
1911
111 years ago
Ralph Mulford in a Lozier won the seventh Vanderbilt Cup, in the only year it was staged at Savannah, Georgia in a double-header along with the American Grand Prize three days later Read more…
1913
109 years ago
Peter Paul Schilovsky, designer of the gyrocar, successfully tested the prototype at the Wolseley factory in Birmingham, England Read more…
1914
108 years ago
The Modoc Motor Company, a division of Montgomery Ward & Company, was dissolved after three years of operation Read more…
1921
101 years ago
André Lombard won first Griffoulet Hill Climb Race (near Toulouse/France) with a Salmson Read more…
1924
98 years ago
New York City’s Macy department store held its first Thanksgiving Day parade down a two-mile stretch of Broadway from Central Park West to Herald Square Read more…
1928
94 years ago
Willard L Velie Jr announced that production of Velie automobiles would be discontinued with all efforts of the Velie Motor corporation directed towards the manufacture of Monocoupe airplanes Read more…
1950
72 years ago
The first 1951 Pontiacs were produced Read more…
1956
66 years ago
Future NASCAR great Junior Johnson pleaded guilty to making moonshine whiskey Read more…
1956
66 years ago
The Jeep FC-150 3/4 -ton pickup was introduced as a 1957 model Read more…
1957
65 years ago
The first spade of dirt was turned on the tract of land that would become the Daytona International Speedway Read more…
1966
56 years ago
Mario Andretti won the USAC Sprint Car race on the dirt track at Manzanita, California, USA Read more…
1968
54 years ago
Steppenwolf’s first album, featuring the rock and roll driving hit “Born to Be Wild,” was certified gold with sales in excess of 500,000 copies Read more…
1968
54 years ago
The 200,000th International Scout, a 1969 800A, was produced at the Fort Wayne,Plant, Indiana, US Read more…
1972
50 years ago
The 16,000,000th Pontiac, a blue 1973 Catalina sedan, was produced Read more…
1975
47 years ago
John Hogg received 5¾ years in prison and his 3rd, 4th and 5th life bans for drunk driving in a stolen car whilst disqualified, in the High Court, Edinburgh, Scotland Read more…
1975
47 years ago
The FIA unveiled a 17-race schedule for 1976, the most grands prix ever staged in one season Read more…
1976
46 years ago
The four millionth ‘Mini’ left the production line Read more…
1979
43 years ago
Derek ‘Red Robbo’ Robinson, senior shop steward and convenor at British Leyland’s Longbridge plant, was dismissed Read more…
1987
35 years ago
A young man in Somerset, England tried seven times to kill himself following a row with his girlfriend Read more…
1991
31 years ago
Juha Kankkunen and Juha Piironen won the RAC Rally with a Lancia Delta Integrale 16V Read more…
1992
30 years ago
The Jordan Grand Prix team announced that Rubens Barrichello would make his F1 debut with the team Read more…
1995
27 years ago
Giancarlo Baghetti died of cancer in Milan, Italy aged 60 Read more…
1996
26 years ago
The last Cadillac Fleetwood was produced in Arlington, Texas – this car marked the discontinuation of the rear wheel drive Cadillac and the name of the once independent custom coachbuilder Read more…
2000
22 years ago
Norway’s King Harald V opened the world’s longest tunnel (15 Read more…
2004
18 years ago
The new Porsche Boxster went on sale in the UK priced at £32,320 (inc Read more…
2007
15 years ago
Best known as a three-time Indianapolis 500 champion, Hélio Castroneves and his partner, professional ballroom dancer Julianne Hough, won the fifth season of “Dancing With the Stars Read more…
