July 8, 2010 – Smart Car says you can have ANY color you want
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June 29, 1956 – Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act
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June 26, 1906 – The first Grand Prix
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June 22, 2001 – The Fast and the Furious debuts
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May 17, 1868 – Horace Elgin Dodge is born
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