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On This Day in Automotive History: July 7

On This Day in Automotive History
July 7

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Birthdays: Harris Hanshue (1881), Jim Heath (1908), William T. Coleman Jr. (1920), Cotton Farmer (1928), Thurel Novotny (1933), Eldon Rasmussen (1936), Jo Siffert (1936), Richard Millman (1937), Eddie Yarboro (1938), Mike Hiss (1941), Eric Chapuis (1942), Joe Williamson (1943), Steve Krisiloff (1946), Richard Mork (1947), Jean-Luc Favresse (1951), Stan Fox (1952), Robert Burroughs (1953), Bobby Massey (1957), Bobby Norfleet (1958), Liane Lombardi (1959), Alessandro Nannini (1959), Kevin Gingrich (1962), Nik Lapcevich (1962), Michael Alsup (1963), Darius Grala (1964), Greg Trammell (1966), Tom Kristensen (1967), Dean Martin (1969), Shane Jantzi (1971), Jeff Zillweger (1972), Nathan Pretty (1973), Jason Johnson (1976), Luke Hill (1977), Marino Franchitti (1978), Woody Pitkat (1979), Wayman Wittman (1979), Eddie MacDonald (1980), Carole Perrin (1986), Moritz Kranz (1987), Landon Cassill (1989), Yann Zimmer (1990), Jack LeBrocq (1992), Gabby Chaves (1993), Austin Pack (1993), Logan Ruffin (1994)

1919: After a ceremony dedicating the temporary Zero Milestone marker on the Ellipse in Washington, DC, the first U.S. Army transcontinental truck convoy, under Lt. Col. C.D. McClure, gets underway. It crosses the country on the Lincoln Highway, which it reaches at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and arrives in San Francisco, California, on September 5, with future President Dwight D. Eisenhower participating as an observer. The experience contributes to his support for the Interstate System after becoming President.

1971: The film Two-Lane Blacktop was released.

1989: The song “Still Cruisin'” by The Beach Boys was released.

1993: FHWA launches its 100th anniversary celebration with a gala kickoff in the USDOT Headquarters (the Nassif Building) plaza featuring distinguished guests, a courtyard full of exhibits, and an oversized commemorative "birthday card." The temperature reaches 100 degrees during the formal ceremony featuring Secretary of Transportation Federico Pea, Administrator Rodney Slater, Deputy Administrator Jane Garvey, Executive Director E. Dean Carlson, former Administrators Robert Farris, John Hassell, and Frank Turner, former Executive Director and Deputy Administrator Lester Lamm, former Executive Director R. D. Morgan, and Chairman Nick Rahall of the House Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.

2000: Production of the first generation Lexus SC ended.

2000: Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was released for PlayStation in Europe (initial release).

2017: The first production Tesla Model 3 rolled off of the assembly line.