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1909: The Father of the Legendary American Corvette was of Russian Origin

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1909: The Father of the Legendary American Corvette was of Russian Origin

A famous automotive engineer of an unusual name – Zora Arkus-Duntov – was born on this day. Originally he ...

A famous automotive engineer of an unusual name – Zora Arkus-Duntov – was born on this day. Originally he was a Russian Jew and lived as a child in Leningrad, but moved to the United States after Worl ...

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1997: ThrustSSC – The First Supersonic Automobile in History

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1997: ThrustSSC – The First Supersonic Automobile in History

The world speed record for ground vehicles was set on this day in 1997. It was also the first time in his ...

The world speed record for ground vehicles was set on this day in 1997. It was also the first time in history that a ground vehicle broke the sound barrier (Mach 1). The vehicle in question was called ...

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1877: Rolls-Royce Founder Charles Rolls Born

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1877: Rolls-Royce Founder Charles Rolls Born

The renowned Charles Rolls, founder of the Rolls-Royce company, was born to family of wealthy British ari ...

The renowned Charles Rolls, founder of the Rolls-Royce company, was born to family of wealthy British aristocrats on this day. His father was Lord Llangattock, a prominent figure in high society. Char ...

August 27, 2019
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1991: Soichiro Honda – Japanese who Established Honda

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1991: Soichiro Honda – Japanese who Established Honda

On this day Japanese businessman Soichiro Honda, the founder of the famous company Honda, died. This com ...

On this day Japanese businessman Soichiro Honda, the founder of the famous company Honda, died. This company is the second-largest Japanese manufacturer of automobiles today (after Toyota) and the wo ...

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