Happy Birthday Louis de Funès (1914)
Louis de Funès (31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions…
Happy Birthday Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947)
Arnold Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, film producer, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who served as the 38th governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Schwarzenegger began lifting weights…
Hot Wheels Crack Ups Front Ender (2026)
Two other innovations were introduced briefly in Hot Wheels cars in the 1980s – Thermal Color Change paint, and rotating ‘crash panel’ vehicles (“Crack-Ups”). The former was able to change color on…
Happy Birthday Fernando Alonso (1981)
Fernando Alonso (born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin. Alonso has won two Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, which he won in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, and has won 32 Grands…
Happy Name Day Kimberley (28/07)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Patrick Long (1981)
Patrick Brian Long (born July 28, 1981) is an American professional racing driver. He has competed in Pirelli World Challenge and the FIA World Endurance Championship, as well as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, NASCAR…
The Last Citroen 2CV is Produced (1990)
The Citroën 2CV is an economy car produced by the French company Citroën from 1948 to the 27th July 1990. Introduced at the 1948 Paris Salon de l’Automobile, it has an air-cooled engine that is mounted in the front and drives the front…
Happy Name Day Anne (26/07)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Jason Statham (1967)
Jason Statham (born 26 July 1967) is an English actor. He is known for portraying tough, gritty, or violent characters in various action thriller films, and has been credited for…
Louis Bleriot is the First Man to Fly Over the Channel (1909)
Louis Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor, and engineer. He developed the first practical headlamp for cars and established a profitable business manufacturing them, using much of…
Happy Birthday Tiago Monteiro (1976)
Tiago Monteiro (born 24 July 1976) is a Portuguese racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2005 to 2006, and World Touring Car from 2007 to 2022. Monteiro joined SEAT in the World Touring Car Championship in 2007, remaining with them until 2012 as he claimed several victories across…
Happy Birthday Richie Evans (1941)
RichardEvans (July 23, 1941 – October 24, 1985), was an American racing driver who won nine NASCAR National Modified Championships, including eight in a row from 1978 to 1985. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame lists this…
Happy Name Day Madeline (22/7)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Ian James (1974)
Ian James (born 22 July 1974 in Epsom) is a British-American racing driver and principal of the Heart of Racing Team, competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. James has 11 total sports-car wins. In…
Fokker is founded (1919)
Fokker (Royal Dutch Aircraft Factory Fokker) was a Dutch aircraft manufacturer that operated from 1912 to 1996. The company was founded by the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker and became famous during World War I for its fighter aircraft.…
The Ford Motor Company Ships its First Automobile (1903)
The original Ford Model A is the first car produced by the Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Ernest Pfennig, a Chicago dentist, became the first owner of a Model A on July 23, 1903. It…
Hot Wheels Crack Ups Smack Back (2026)
Two other innovations were introduced briefly in Hot Wheels cars in the 1980s – Thermal Color Change paint, and rotating ‘crash panel’ vehicles (“Crack-Ups”). The former was able to change color on…
The First Golf GTI is Produced (1976)
The Golf GTI debuted in September 1975 at the Frankfurt Motor Show.It was only presented to the press in late spring 1976 and available in the showroom in September of that year. Production…
Happy Birthday Richard Branson (1950)
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English business magnate who co-founded the Virgin Group in 1970, and, as of 2016, controls five companies. Branson expressed his desire to become an…
Apollo Soyuz Test Project (1975)
Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission, conducted jointly by the United States and the Soviet Union in July 1975. Millions watched on television as an American Apollo spacecraft docked with a Soviet Soyuz capsule. The mission and its symbolic “handshake…
The August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH Zwickau are Founded (1909)
Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, Audi produces vehicles in nine production facilities worldwide. The origins of the company are complex,…
Happy Name Day Deborah (15/07)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Harrison Rhodes (1993)
Harrison L. Rhodes (born July 15, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He last competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 52 Chevrolet Camaro for Jimmy Means Racing. He is not…
Happy Name Day Donna (14/07)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Ferrari Wins Their First Grand Prix at Silverstone (1951)
Scuderia Ferrari, currently racing under Scuderia Ferrari HP, is the racing division of luxury Italian auto manufacturer Ferrari and the racing team that competes in Formula One racing. The team…
Happy Name Day Megan (13/07)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Space Shuttle Discovery Launches on STS-70 (1995)
STS-70 was the 21st flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery, and the last of 7 shuttle missions to carry a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS). This was the first shuttle mission controlled from the…
Happy Birthday Michelle Rodríguez (1978)
Michelle Rodríguez (born July 12, 1978) is an American actress. She began her career in 2000, playing a troubled boxer in the independent sports drama film Girlfight (2000), where she…
F.I.A.T. is Founded (1899)
Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as simply Fiat, is an Italian automobile manufacturer. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 and, in 2021, became a subsidiary of…
The Last VW New Beetle (A5) Rolls Off the Line in Puebla Mexico (2019)
The Volkswagen Beetle, also sold as the Volkswagen Käfer, Volkswagen Coccinelle, Volkswagen Maggiolino, and Volkswagen Fusca in some countries, is a small family car manufactured and marketed by Volkswagen introduced…