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On This Day in Automotive History: July 19

On This Day in Automotive History
July 19

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Birthdays: John Coffey (1883), Edward Kaster (1886), Chet Miller (1902), Luther Johnson (1903), Andre Moynet (1921), Bob Walden (1924), Marv Thorpe (1928), Roy Hallquist (1929), Dick Dunn (1937), Clyde McLeod (1950), Craig Siebert (1950), Felix Giles (1951), Leonardo Baccarelli (1953), Allen Applegate (1954), Alan Heath (1958), Dennis Schlundt (1959), Rick Sheppard (1959), Russ Tuttle (1959), Kenny Rich (1961), Masahiko Kondo (1964), Scott Brady (1967), Jack Nugent (1969), Jason Fraser (1973), Wayne Grubb (1976), Giorgio Mondini (1980), Jesse Vartiainen (1988), Ricky Gillespie (1990), Cap Henry (1990), Joe DeGracia (1992)

1943: Canada and the United States exchange diplomatic notes formally naming the road from Dawson Creek in British Columbia to Fairbanks, AK -- the explicit termini -- the "Alaska Highway."

1957: Today is the last day for a Bureau of Public Roads exhibition portraying the dramatic impact of highways on all segments of American life. It had been unveiled in the main lobby of the Department of Commerce on June 25. The main feature is the Interstate System, with graphic presentations of progress in its construction and the benefits it will make possible.

1967: The film The Gnome-Mobile was released.

1973: In Kansas City, Missouri, Administrator Norbert Tiemann presents the first two Presidential Medals of Honor for Lifesaving to Jon Eugene Harley (saving an injured driver from drowning after his truck plunged off a bridge in Missouri) and Mrs. Lucille Widsteen (taking control of a bus on the Kansas Turnpike after the driver suffered a heart attack).