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On This Day in Automotive History: July 15

On This Day in Automotive History
July 15

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Birthdays: Joseph Grenon (1883), Guy Vaughan (1884), Ray Gilhooley (1887), Prince Bira (1914), Vallie Engelauf (1926), Elmer George (1928), Mickey Shaw (1932), Eddie Bradshaw (1934), Bill McMahan (1934), Gerhard Koch (1935), Bill Alsup (1938), Richard White (1939), Chris Cord (1940), Benny Dean (1940), Henry Benfield (1943), Larry DelFico (1945), John Cleland (1952), Rickey Hood (1952), Guy Dreier (1955), Philippe Mondolot (1956), Wayne Taylor (1956), Kent Baltzell (1957), David Titus (1958), Gene Roberts (1959), Wayne Jackson (1961), Gary Chiasson (1963), Joel White (1965), Juergen Haering (1966), Phil Gressman (1968), Robbie Pyle (1968), Brian Austin Green (1973), Jake Vargo (1975), Zane Zeiner (1976), D.J. Kennington (1977), Philippe Dumas (1979), Tyler Walker (1979), Mike Mulhall (1980), Julien Canal (1982), Salvatore Iovino (1983), Carlo Alberto Forte (1985), Tyler Young (1990), Josh Brock (1992), Jody Hixson (1992), Hector Hurst (1992), Harrison Rhodes (1993), Trevor Collins (1998), Noah Gragson (1998)

2015: Jules Bianchi died from injuries sustained during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.

1933: Over 4,000 people gather on Logan Pass, Montana, for the opening of the Going-to-the-Sun Road after 3 decades of construction at a cost of more than $2 million. In addition to speeches extolling the hard work that went into the highway, the ceremony features the Blackfeet Tribal Band playing the "Star Spangled Banner" and a chorus organized by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The afternoon ends with a ceremony of peace among the Blackfeet, Flathead, and Kootenai tribes.

1957: The 16 members of the Utah Division Office are informed their office will move from Ogden to Salt Lake City. The Ogden office was established in 1917 as a branch of OPR's District Office at Denver. On July 1, 1919, it became a District Office with jurisdiction over all Federal-aid work in Utah and Nevada and forest and park projects in Forest Service District 4. In 1945, the Ogden District Office, like all District Offices, was confined to its State borders; at the same time, each State received its own District Office. On January 7, 1957, the UT District Office, and all other District Offices, became Division Offices. The move to Salt Lake City will bring the Division Office closer to the State highway department.

1992: Director of Communications David Fredrickson introduces the first edition of the "Third Friday Report," FHWA's inhouse video magazine. In an interview, Administrator Thomas Larson attributes the idea for the show to Alcoa's Paul O'Neill, who stresses the importance of having a variety of communication channels. Also featured: the TravTek IVHS experiment in Orlando, FL, an interview with Executive Director E. Dean Carlson on career development, and FHWA 2000. (Karen Whitney hosts the magazine show beginning with the February 1993 edition.) The 41th and final edition aired in December, 1995.

2019: The first episode of Aaron Needs a Job aired.

In the News...

Date	Article	Details
15 July 2016	Truck Attack Kills 84 in France A driver killed 84 people and injured more than 100 others when he steered his speeding truck into a crowd in Nice Thursday night at a celebration of Bastille Day, France's independence holiday.	News Article (text & image) Publisher: VOA News Special Collection: Attack in Nice

On This Day in Automotive History: July 15