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On This Day in Automotive History: May 10

On This Day in Automotive History
May 10

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Birthday: George Barringer (1906), Marcel Becquart (1914), John James (1914), Sam Marshall (1920), Bill Whitley (1923), Sonny Helms (1927), Frank Secrist (1929), Floyd Powell (1931), Louis Cosson (1934), George Wiltshire (1939), Herbert Muller (1940), Sandro Plastina (1941), Mike Porter (1941), Steve Ariana (1950), J.C. Marsh (1952), Joel Stowe (1955), Freddie Crawford (1957), Randy Couch (1961), Ron Thiel Jr. (1964), Erik Palladino (1968), John Wall Jr. (1968), Stephane Roy (1970), Helio Castroneves (1975), Nick Heidfeld (1977), Romano Ricci (1978), Tim Schendel (1979), Ryan Black (1986), Joel Miller (1988), Garrett Campbell (1991), Jordan Taylor (1991), Stefan Rzesnowiecky (1992), Cole Keatts (2001), Lucas Legeret (2001)

1926: On the Crain Highway between Upper Marlboro and Baltimore, Maryland, the Maryland State Roads Commission, in cooperation with Bureau of Public Roads, begins construction of the first 2.5-mile pavement in a test of the use of sodium silicate and calcium chloride as substitutes for wet earth in curing concrete pavements. Except for the special curing features, construction is in accordance with Maryland's standard specifications.

1958: The film Thunder Road was released in the U.S.

1962: The first of a series of regional conferences on urban transportation planning gets underway at the Sherman House in Chicago, Illinois, with 200 Federal, State, county, and city officials in attendance. Administrator Rex Whitton, Deputy Administrator D. Grant Mickle, and Director of Planning E. H. "Ted" Holmes are among the speakers.

1991: FHWA approves the Record of Decision on the final supplemental environmental impact statement for depression of the Central Artery (I-93) and construction of the Third Harbor Tunnel (I-90) in Boston, MA. Combined, they comprise one of the most expensive projects in Agency history.

1993: In a letter, President Bill Clinton congratulates FHWA on its 100th anniversary. "The FHWA," he says, "has helped make the United States the most mobile country in the world."