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On This Day in Automotive History: October 5

On This Day in Automotive History
October 5

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Birthdays: Eddie Meyer (1893), John Vance (1896), Elton Hildreth (1917), Jose Froilan Gonzalez (1922), J.T. Putney (1928), Barry Seton (1936), Don Graham (1943), Michael Keyser (1947), Brian Johnson (1947), Willie Ringer (1947), Richard Waters (1950), Pierre de Thoisy (1953), Marc Madison (1956), Bubba Gale (1958), Chip Lain (1958), Dave Rezendes (1959), Rick Beebe (1960), Bruno Cosin (1960), Mark Voigt (1961), Michael Andretti (1962), Mickey Hudspeth (1965), Bobby Bowsher (1966), J.J. Yeley (1976), Joshua Hedges (1980), James Toseland (1980), Andrew Prendeville (1981), Derek Kale (1985), Brad Lowe (1985), Kristin Bumbera (1987), Javier Villa (1987), Adrian Campos Jr. (1988), Eric Winslow (1988), Kevin Magnussen (1992), Dino Zamparelli (1992), Victor Franzoni (1995), Giacomo Altoe (2000)

1955: Citroën unveils the DS 19 at the Paris Motor Show.

1958: The First National Congress on Highways and Urban Development convenes at Sagamore, Syracuse University, in New York, partly to recoup from adverse publicity during the Hartford Conference. With Pyke Johnson of the Automotive Safety Foundation as Chair, the conference brings 55 key highway and transit officials, planners, elected officials, as well as business and academic leaders for a full week of living, eating, and working in the total isolation of the Adirondack Mountains. Participants are asked three questions: What do we want? Who is responsible and for what? and How do we get the job done? The conference results in a widely distributed and acclaimed Guidelines for Action, published by the foundation.

1959: In Denver, Colorado, before the Governors' Conference Committee on Roads and Highway Safety, Senator Albert Gore, Sr., of Tennessee, describes some of the problems confronting the Interstate Highway Program, including proposals to drastically curtail the program's scope. "The highway program is now in grave danger."

2001: Joseph M. Clapp sworn in as the first Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

2001: The film Joy Ride was released in the United States (initial release).