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On This Day in Automotive History: January 6

On This Day in Automotive History
January 6

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Birthdays: Harold Brinker (1886), Jean Gaupillat (1891), Dick Rathmann (1924), John DeLorean (1925), Pat Flaherty (1926), Franz Albert (1931), George Altheide (1933), Mike Johnson (1935), Kenny Black (1937), Paul Jones (1945), Mike Hamby (1947), John Teulan (1948), Christine Dacremont (1949), Tony Anderson (1952), Tom Christoff (1954), Bobby Ligarski (1954), Gary Sousa (1954), Jean-Pierre Frey (1955), David Thorndyke (1957), Mauro Casadei (1960), Steve Coulter (1961), Jeff Swindell (1961), Robert Turner (1963), Todd Ceravolo (1964), Doug Boyer (1967), Ronald Hill (1967), B.A. Wilson (1971), Beau Kellogg (1972), Jose Manuel Balbiani (1978), Mike Chambers (1978), Tiffany Daniels (1985), Matt Scott (1992), Kyle Ivey (1993), Michael Wray (1993), Hope Hornish (1997), Andre Castro (1999)

1982: President Ronald Reagan signs the Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, which increases the gasoline and diesel tax by 5 cents per gallon (the first increase since 1961), and establishes the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program. The added revenue helps reverse the 1970's trend that saw highways and bridges deteriorating faster than they could be repaired. Also, Section 105(f) provides that 10 percent of the funds authorized to be appropriated by the act shall be expended with disadvantaged business enterprises.

1984: The song “Roll On (Eighteen Wheeler)” by Alabama was released by RCA Nashville.

1992: The song “Some Girls Do” by Sawyer Brown was released on their album The Dirt Road.

2012: The first episode of World's Toughest Trucker aired.