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On This Day in Automotive History: April 10

On This Day in Automotive History
April 10

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Birthdays: Gene Haustein (1907), Duke Dinsmore (1913), Paul Russo (1914), Justin King (1917), Frank Keller (1923), Danny Weinberg (1928), Mike Hawthorn (1929), Larry Flynn (1930), Hank Grilliot (1931), Carel Godin de Beaufort (1934), Bob Pickell (1934), Dan Daughtry (1940), Peter Janson (1940), D.K. Ulrich (1944), Milt Wright (1944), Larry Moyer (1951), Paul McElearney (1954), Jeffrey Ellis (1956), Michel Neugarten (1957), Rick O'Brien (1957), Tom Quinney (1959), Ken Kaltschmidt (1962), Mark Smith (1967), Marty Walsh (1967), David Roys (1968), Grant Bromley (1973), Jason Richards (1976), Jean-Christophe Ravier (1979), Kasey Kahne (1980), Brett Butler (1985), Scott Leach (1986), Chaz Mostert (1992), Olivier Bedard (1997), Howie DiSavino III (2001)

1894: With a letter to Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton, General Roy Stone transmits ORI Bulletin No. 8, Earth Roads: Hints on Their Construction and Repair. Stone compiled the information in response to the Secretary's ORI charter (see October 3, 1893), which called for information on the "best method of constructing a common highway, without gravel and stone." Hints are provided for earth roads in different States, drainage and construction, treatment of earth and sandy roads, grubbing and clearing for new roads in timbered regions, wagons for distributing crushed stone, and repair of country roads.

1986: President Ronald Reagan issues Proclamation 5457, designating 1986 the Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile.

2006: Stagecoach Group introduced the Megabus brand to the North American market.