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On This Day in Automotive History: February 27

On This Day in Automotive History
February 27

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Birthdays: William Campbell (1881), W.W. Brown (1886), Clarence Belt (1890), Goffredo Zehender (1901), Frank Sweigert (1902), Jean Trevoux (1905), Al Hager (1909), Ted Horn (1910), Allen Swenson (1915), Ebb Rose (1925), Jack Conely (1930), Tom Dillon (1934), Charles Barrett (1938), Peter Revson (1939), Gary Bell (1941), Rich Hayes (1944), Steve Chassey (1945), Fred Geissler (1947), Murray Cleland (1950), Jim Elliott (1952), George Ingole (1954), Tom Grunnah (1958), Dennis Setzer (1960), Terry Brooks (1963), Todd Bodine (1964), Ronny Meixner (1964), Pedro Chaves (1965), Ted Smokstad (1966), Mark Wertz (1969), Mark Kraus (1970), Scott Davis (1971), Luca Moro (1973), Tyler Mecklem (1976), Robin Longechal (1982), Daniel Gaunt (1985), Ashley Jarvis (1985), Alex Mortimer (1985), Owen Riddle (1986), Stephane Romecki (1989), Advait Deodhar (1990), Mike Speeney (1991), Ty Dillon (1992), Tyler Miles (1992), Chase Storch (1997)

1917: Today and tomorrow, during the Fourth Annual Good Roads School at the University of Idaho, Dr. L. I. Hewes of OPRRE is the principal instructor. He lectures on "The Highway as an Investment" and "Maintenance Organization," describes the Agency's 1915 and 1916 experiments, and presents an illustrated lecture on "Road Improvement."

1959: Bureau of Public Roads transmits a report to Congress on "The Federal Role in Highway Safety," concluding with a description of an adequate program and recommendations for official action.

1991: In a steady rain, demolition of the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco begins, ending 30 years of controversy over the elevated roadway, widely described as an "eyesore." The freeway had been damaged by the Loma Prieta Earthquake. "This is a good day for a rainfall . . . and it's a great day to take down a freeway," Mayor Art Agnos says.

2007: Boyd Coddington died.

2002: The U.S. Army formally renamed the 8-wheeled Interim Armored Vehicle under development the Stryker.