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On This Day in Automotive History: July 10

On This Day in Automotive History
July 10

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Birthdays: Harry Grant (1877), Willie Haupt (1885), Fred Wacker (1918), John Lawrence (1921), George Bagnell (1924), Tony Settember (1926), Alejandro de Tomaso (1928), Carlo Mario Abate (1932), Charlie Doyle (1932), Donald Thomas (1932), Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann (1935), Gary Patterson (1936), Joey Laquerre (1943), Chuck Welch (1945), Ronnie Adams (1946), Jacques Heuclin (1946), Jean-Pierre Jarier (1946), Brian Bradshaw (1950), Doug Peterson (1950), Andre Heinrich (1952), Uwe Schafer (1953), Mike Bavaro (1954), Gary Gibson (1957), Carlos Serrano (1957), Burt Ingle (1959), Ralph Burris Jr. (1962), Don O'Neal (1964), Mike Zazula (1965), Rob Goodenough (1967), Mardy Lindley (1972), Tommy Farrell (1975), Andrew Firestone (1975), Brendan Gaughan (1975), Richard Westbrook (1975), Morris Chen (1976), Richard Jarvis Jr. (1979), Adam Petty (1980), Giancarlo Serenelli (1981), Valerie Limoges (1983), Gabi DiCarlo (1985), Brad Jaeger (1985), Robert Alon (1990), Taylor Coffman (1992), Bobby Kelley (1992)

1919: The first 47 of 200 government surplus war material trucks arrive in Denver, Colorado, most from Fort Benjamin Harrison at Indianapolis, IN. Chairman E. K. Sommers of the State Highway Commission had arranged for the shipment during a June trip to Bureau of Public Roads in Washington, DC. At the time of the trip, J. S. Bright of Bureau of Public Roads' Denver District Office had noted that, "There are two dumps in France, covering 9 square miles, in which you can find anything from a locomotive to a screw driver."

1961: The first of a series of "Radiological Monitoring Courses" in Region 3 is held in the North Carolina Division Office. The course is conducted by Halsey L. Mallory and D. E. Schneible.

1967: The world's leading authority on how much crash force a human being can stand, Colonel John P. Stapp of the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps, is detailed to FHWA's National Highway Safety Bureau as Chief Medical Scientist to help reduce death and injury on the Nation's highways.

2001: Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec was released in North America.

2013: The film Turbo was released in Uruguay (initial public release).

2019: The film This Racing Life was released.