Birthdays: John Mais (1888), Riley Brett (1895), Buster Whaley (1904), Speed McFee (1913), Rusty Rushton (1914), A.J. Shepherd (1926), Roy Gemberling (1928), Herbert Linge (1928), John Banks (1932), Robert Roeber (1934), Ned Setzer (1934), Tru Cheek (1937), Dick Caso (1939), Jackie Stewart (1939), J.R. Charbonneau (1942), Marcel Mignot (1944), Mike Smithhart (1945), Bob Evans (1947), Tom Gloy (1947), Tom Pryce (1949), Pancho Carter (1950), Ken Troyer (1958), Danny Wood (1958), Scotty Ollerman (1962), Jean Alesi (1964), Joe Cooksey (1966), Dave Pecko (1966), Brian Smith (1968), Alex Barron (1970), Tony Palumbo (1975), Matt Crafton (1976), Bruce Jouanny (1978), Ryan Carlson (1979), Paul Kelley (1980), Benjamin Leuenberger (1982), Billy Alley (1983), Adam Christodoulou (1989), John Hunter Nemechek (1997), Riley Gentry (1999), Olli Caldwell (2002), Rajah Caruth (2002), Layne Riggs (2002)

1910: Office of Public Roads moves to a larger building at 14th and B Streets SW, Washington, DC, between B and C Streets. The building, formerly occupied by the Agriculture Department's Bureau of Chemistry, has been thoroughly remodeled to suit OPR's needs.

1960: U.S. Senator Harry F. Byrd of Virginia opens the Blue Ridge Parkway Bridge over the James River. The ceremony allows the use of 114 continuous miles of parkway from Shenandoah National Park to U.S. 460 outside Roanoke, Virginia. F.W. Cron, Regional Engineer for Region 15, attends the ribbon-cutting, noting that the excellent condition of the highway is a tribute to the NPS's maintenance activities.

1976: The film The Cars That Ate Paris was released in the United States. It was initially released in Australia in 1974.

1986: Robert K. Ottum died.

1993: Toni Braxton released the song “Another Sad Love Song.”

1994: The Petersen Automotive Museum opened.

2002: The Nancy Atlas Project released their album Swagger, which included the song “1979 Mustang.”