This Day In History....... Part II

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I felt I needed to make up for the erroneous death announcement of Alfred Hitchcock in the first This Day In History posting today, so here's a bonus posting...

On April 19th, 1955 Volkswagen of America, Inc. was established in Engelwood, New Jersey, as a sales division for the German car company. 1955 was a banner year for Volkswagen as the company produced its 1,000,000th car and exceeded, for the first time, the production benchmark of 1,000 cars per day on average.

By the mid-1960s, the VW Bug had almost single-handedly ended the years of "virtual monopoly" that Detroit manufacturers had previously enjoyed.

I was just thinking about it and I don't think I have ever been inside a WW bug...... probably has something to do with my morbid obesity.

BLAST FROM THE PAST! Links to entries with similar content, maybe...
FOF! Part Google Maps, Part Flight Sim! THIS IS WICKED COOL!
Dorm of the Dead! Part zombie flick part porn flick... All bad acting... NSFC!
It's a boy! Well we sort knew that part...
Why do I have to live in a dark red part??????
Stupid rednecks Part 1

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Are you sure it wasn't 1956???

Posted by: RAT | April 19, 2005 12:23 PM

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I double checked, ya bastard.

Posted by: Steve | April 19, 2005 12:24 PM

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