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On This Day in Automotive History: February 10

On This Day in Automotive History
February 10

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Birthdays: Franco Cortese (1903), Danny Kladis (1917), Eddie Johnson (1919), Theo Fitzau (1923), Perk Brown (1925), Fred Hunt (1926), Gordon Snead (1928), Gerhard Maurer (1938), Bob Wearing (1939), Volkert Merl (1940), Roy Trantham (1941), Paul Tyler (1942), Rick Scribner (1952), Bob Patch (1952), Larry Schuler (1953), Skip Cummins (1954), Mike Millsaps (1954), Billy Turner (1956), Ken Weaver (1956), Junior Niedecken (1957), Tristan Dupuis (1962), Olivier Haberthur (1963), Didier Artzet (1963), Dan Knox (1964), Gary Putnam (1970), Marty Nothstein (1971), Jerry Dawson (1972), Jason Sides (1973), Michel Disdier (1974), Toni Marie McCray (1977), Linny White (1978), Joey Hand (1979), Brennan Didero (1987), Bryan Ortiz (1989), Nathan Russell (1991), Gray Gaulding (1998), Simon Mann (2001)

1926: Secretary of Agriculture W.M. Jardine signs a cooperative agreement, developed by NPS Director Stephen Mather and Chief Thomas MacDonald, for the engineering and construction of roads by BPR in National Parks on a reimbursable basis. Secretary of the Interior Hubert Work signed it on January 22, 1926.

1961: Secretary of Commerce Luther H. Hodges administers the oath of office to Federal Highway Administrator Rex Whitton.

1979: The first episode of B.J. and the Bear aired.

1992: The song “There Ain't Nothin' Wrong With The Radio” by Aaron Tippin was released.

1994: Today is the official grand opening of the Highway Innovative Technology Evaluation Center (HITEC), a service center and clearinghouse for evaluating innovative highway technologies. Sponsored by FHWA and the Civil Engineering Research Foundation, HITEC has been described by Deputy Administrator Jane Garvey as "the key to restarting the engine of innovation."

2001: Vanishing Point was released for Dreamcast in Europe.