|
By accessing/using The Crittenden Automotive Library/CarsAndRacingStuff.com, you signify your agreement with the Terms of Use on our Legal Information page. Our Privacy Policy is also available there. |
On This Day in Automotive History: February 14
|
|---|
|
|
On This Day in Automotive History
February 14
Return to the "On This Day..." calendar
February 13 « Go to »
February 15
Birthdays: Louis Larsonneur (1875), Harman Droge (1883), Joe Jagersberger (1884), Fred Clemons (1889), Charles Muth (1892), Fred Merzney (1895), Richard Seaman (1913), Bayliss Levrett (1914), John Wright (1923), Banjo Matthews (1932), Paul Feldner (1935), Jean Selz (1935), Sam Ard (1939), Beaver Dragon (1941), Ray Allford (1942), Denny Hiffman (1942), Ricardo Rodriguez (1942), Nicolas Buhrer (1944),
Ronnie Peterson (1944), Bob Dodds (1946), Andrew Bagnall (1947), Joe Cobb (1947), John Metcalf (1948), Maurice Hull (1953),
Bill Venturini (1953), Jerry Marquis (1956), Enrique Mansilla (1958), Jim Kelly (1960), Warwick Rooklyn (1960), Gary Quartly (1962), Simon Sobrero (1964), Randy Ainsworth (1965), Curtis Miller (1968), Scott Sharp (1968), Olivier Bacle (1970), Patrick Conaway (1970), Ray Courtemanche Jr. (1970), Steve Ivankovich (1970), Alex Padilla (1971), Francois Perrodo (1977), Doug Stevens (1977), Travis Thirkettle (1978), Luke Hall (1981), Michael Ammermuller (1986), Shawn Solomito (1989), Andrea Caldarelli (1990)
1968: In response to public concern following the collapse of the Silver Bridge on December 15, 1967, the USDOT announces a comprehensive program to analyze the safety of over 703,000 highway and railroad bridges. President Lyndon Johnson's Task Force on Bridge Safety, headed by Administrator Lowell Bridwell, will conduct the survey in cooperation with the State highway agencies, AASHO, the Association of American Railroads, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. "We are giving first priority," Bridwell says, "to those bridges built before 1935 which are carrying highway traffic and those which pass over deep ravines or water where a collapse might result in catastrophic loss of life and property."
1978: Members of the Arlington County Board, VA, protest construction of I-66 by presenting an exhibit, entitled "Felled Oak," to Deputy Administrator Karl Bowers. The exhibit includes a portion of an oak tree planted in 1888 and labeled "Victim of I-66."
1994: The
1994-1996 Chevrolet Impala SS went into production.
1995: Trisha Yearwood released her album Thinkin' About You, which included the song “You Can Sleep While I Drive.”
1997: In the White House Oval Office, President Bill Clinton looks on as former Federal Highway Administrator Rodney E. Slater (1993-1997) takes the oath of office as the 13th Secretary of Transportation. In announcing the selection on December 20, 1996, President Clinton said, "He has built bridges both of steel and goodwill to bring people closer together." Slater becomes the second FHWA Administrator to serve as Secretary.
2007: The film Taxi 4 was released.
2013: The first episode of Big Rig Bounty Hunters aired.
2014: The
Hennessey Venom GT recorded a top speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h) on the Kennedy Space Center's 3.22-mile (5.2 km) shuttle landing strip in Florida in an extremely limited distance of 2.3 miles (3.7 km) with the Director of Miller Motorsport Park, Brian Smith driving the car. As the run was in a single direction, and only 13 cars have been sold to date (to qualify for Guinness World Records a minimum of 30 cars are required to be produced), it does not qualify as the world's fastest production car in the Guinness Book of Records.
In the News...
