This Day in History: 1988-06-28
Ground was broken for a new United States headquarters for Jaguar Cars Inc. The proposed $25 million dollar structure was to be built on a 20-acre site at the McBride Office and Research Center on MacArthur Boulevard. Present for the symbolic ceremony were, among others, W. Peter McBride, president of McBride Enterprises, Jaguar’s President Graham W. Whitehead, and Sir James Mellon, Consul General in New York for the United Kingdom. (Bristow)