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On This Day in Automotive History: July 16

On This Day in Automotive History
July 16

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Birthdays: Louis Nikrent (1882), Joe Mazzucco (1891), Doc MacKenzie (1906), James Russell "Gus" Justice (1916), Jack Marlin (1917), Ray Janelle (1918), Bill Kessler (1920), Jerry Wimbish (1925), Wally Campbell (1926), Ed Negre (1927), Jim Rathmann (1928), Ed Gibber (1934), Evan Clements (1947), Don Kitch Jr. (1947), Donnie Bishop (1949), Robbie Meserve (1953), Patrick Camus (1956), Bobby Schukar (1961), Scott Atchison (1962), Kris Frost (1963), Wayne Anderson (1968), Tim Corbett (1968), Ernie Cope (1969), Jon Haney (1970), Mike Alguire (1975), Bas Leinders (1975), Mike Popplewell (1975), Jeff Falk (1976), Ian Henderson (1980), Hayanari Shimoda (1984), Darren Bucklen (1987), Blake Sauls (1988), Jens Klingmann (1990), James Maslow (1990), Dakoda Armstrong (1991), James Kovacic (1993), Michael Lira (1997), Hugo de Sadeleer (1997), Mattia Drudi (1998)

1902: Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders founded in the United Kingdom.

1913: H. W. Hendley transfers to OPR from the Smithsonian Institution to help with photographic and model work. During the year, 70 models illustrating types of road construction are restored and 30 new road models, 3 culvert models, 1 drainage model, 1 bridge model, 1 model showing construction features in the Alps, and 1 large relief model of the Yosemite Valley of the Yosemite National Park are constructed.

1963: Ohio Division Engineer W.E. Reed and Area Engineer S.J. Kimlicko participate in the opening of the "Euclid Spur," an 8.2-mile section of I-90 east of Cleveland. The opening makes possible a drive from Cleveland to New York City, via the New York Thruway, entirely on expressway.

1974: In an interview with the Atlanta Constitution, Administrator Norbert Tiemann predicts that, "At the current level of funding, which is $2.5 billion per year, and with the 10 percent inflation rate, it will be 2007 before we'll finish the interstate highway system."

In the News...

Date	Article	Details
16 July 1895	PLOTTING AGAINST HORSES The London Engineer, one of the foremost technical journals in Great Britain, has announced that it will give 1,000 guineas in prizes for the best forms of horseless vehicles.	News Article (text) Publication: The New York Times