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On This Day in Automotive History: April 19

On This Day in Automotive History
April 19

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Birthdays: Robert Evans (1890), Rudi Fischer (1912), Don Vershure (1923), Junie Gough (1925), Basil van Rooyen (1939), Kurt Ahrens Jr. (1940), Marty Kinerk (1940), Bob Ailes (1941), Sam Shanaman (1941), Jack Roush (1942), Robert Yates (1943), Jac Nelleman (1944), Alain Cudini (1946), John Borneman (1949), David Rogers (1955), Joe Bellm (1956), Tim Halverson (1956), Jocelyn Hebert (1957), Mark Ackley (1959), Robert Tartaglia (1959), Dennis Dyer (1961), Al Unser Jr. (1962), David Kaemmer (1963), Geoff Forshaw (1969), Jesse James (1969), Monty Klein (1971), Brian Pack (1974), Townsend Bell (1975), Donnie Levister (1976), Marty Sokulski (1976), Kevin Grubb (1978), Ryan Hanson (1979), Brandon McCarson (1982), Matt Merrell (1985), Alexandre Imperatori (1987), Dustin Ash (1988), Philipp Lietz (1989)

1968: Administrator Lowell Bridwell reconfirms Federal approval of proposed I-40 through Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee. This action follows an April 5 resolution by the Memphis City Council endorsing the park route as "feasible and prudent." On March 3, 1971, in a decision written by Justice Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court orders reconsideration of the decision to build I-40 through Overton Park. In addition to requiring a change in the route of I-40, which will be shifted to the northern beltway, the decision provides a basis for interpreting the "prudent and feasible alternative" requirement of Section 4(f) of the DOT Act in future cases. (Section 15 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1966, approved September 13, 1966, adds a similar provision to Title 23, United States Code, as Section 138, "Preservation of Parklands.")

1995: Julie Anna Cirillo is appointed Regional Federal Highway Administrator in FHWA's Region 9 (San Francisco, California). She is the first woman to become an FHWA Regional Administrator.

2005: Cat Empire releases their album Two Shoes, which included the song “The Car Song.”

2015: Carl Reese, Rodney Hawk, and Deena Mastracci set the Guinness World Record for Shortest Charging Time in an Electric Vehicle on a drive from Los Angeles to New York City in a Tesla Model S P85D. The non-driving time was 12 hours, 48 minutes, and 19 seconds. The trip also set the record for the fastest time from Los Angeles to New York City in an electric vehicle. The total trip time was 58 hours and 55 minutes. The trip was supported by Anthony Alvarado, Johnnie Oberg, and Matt Nordenstrom.