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On This Day in Automotive History: June 15

On This Day in Automotive History
June 15

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Birthdays: Earl Kiser (1875), A.C. Aiken (1894), Perry Smith (1912), Gene Force (1916), Keith Andrews (1920), Jack O'Brien (1920), Bob Stanclift (1921), Wally Gervais (1926), Al Brand (1931), Ray Gulson (1942), John Settlemyre (1945), Roman Calczynski (1951), Bruce Griggs (1951), Eje Elgh (1953), Tom Volk (1953), Bill Ingram (1954), Mack McClellan (1954), Duane Pierson (1954), Mike MacKenzie (1955), Riccardo Paletti (1958), Charlie Schaefer (1958), Eileen Davidson (1959), John Schmitt (1961), Todd Humphreys (1962), Mal Rose (1962), Mike Davies (1963), Cris Michaud (1963), Bill Bolton (1964), Donny Ling Jr. (1965), Riki Rachtman (1965), Gordie Swanson (1965), Brian Battaglia (1967), Marcal Melo (1967), Avery McCluskey (1969), Kevin Vernon (1971), Brad Anderson (1977), Charles Zwolsman Jr. (1979), Willie Allen (1980), Gabriela Arantes Prado (1983), Tim Jordan (1984), Bryan Clauson (1989), Josef Kral (1990), Andrea Barlesi (1991), Dillon Moltz (1991), Michael McGuire (1996), Stefan Parsons (1998), Alex Rullo (2000), Sam Rameau (2002)

1964: In New Mexico, Administrator Rex Whitton meets with Governor Jack Campbell and representatives of U.S. 66 communities fighting construction of an I-40 bypass. Whitton objects to any arrangement that would misroute motorists into the towns. "We want the interstate to be the main route; its got to look like the main route all the time."

1972: Loudon Wainwright III released his album Album III, which included the song “Dead Skunk.”

2006: The film The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift was released to certain markets.

2017: The film Cars 3 was released in 15 countries (initial public release).