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On This Day in Automotive History: June 23

On This Day in Automotive History
June 23

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National Detroit-Style Pizza Day History: Established in 2021 by Buddy’s Pizza in Detroit, Michigan to commemorate the pizza once made in industrial parts trays instead of traditional pizza pans.

Birthdays: Culla Scott (1886), Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915), Dutch Schaefer (1915), Leslie Thorne (1916), Dutch Munsinger (1921), Eddie Anderson (1926), Herbert MacKay-Fraser (1927), Bob Harkey (1930), Bruce Jacobi (1935), Gunther Steckkonig (1936), Jean-Pierre Cassegrain (1943), Dominique Martin (1943), Roger Treichler (1944), Michele Mouton (1951), Billy Deckman (1955), Michel Trolle (1959), Eric Seely (1962), Phil Bonifield (1963), Debbie Lunsford (1963), Jean-Marc Merlin (1964), Danny Osborne (1966), Wayne Edwards (1967), Dave Connelly (1970), Brian Pannone (1972), Billy Knippenberg (1973), Lee Anderson (1974), Dean Lillie (1978), Chris Wimmer (1979), Michele Bartyan (1980), Walter Lechner Jr. (1981), Jonathan Coleman (1982), Charles Hollings (1982), Tim Lampman (1982), Andrew Tuttle (1982), Michael Annett (1986), Jonathan Klein (1987), Marc Davis (1990), Trey Gibson (1992), David Gravel (1992), Gaetan Paletou (1992), Daniel Khilall (1994), Kaden Honeycutt (2003), Ayrton Ori (2004)

1905: At the Fifth Annual National Good Roads Convention in Portland, Oregon, Special Agent James W. Abbott of the OPRI speaks on "Transcontinental Highways," endorsing construction of "one or more good through wagon roads from the Atlantic to San Francisco, and to the Northwest."

1964: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt, cuts the ribbon opening the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge carrying I-66 and U.S. 50 across the Potomac River between Washington, DC, and Virginia. Bureau of Public Roads is represented by Administrator Rex Whitton, Acting Deputy Administrator Lowell Bridwell, Chief Engineer Frank Turner, and August Schofer, Charles Hall, and John Sullivan. On April 10, 1992, The Washington Post comments, "Much maligned for its aesthetic deficiencies (though isn't this quibbling, with the Kennedy Center so close by?), this bridge is nonetheless a driver's godsend."

1999: The song “Do You Wanna Ride” by Mercedes was released on her album Rear End.

2002: The first episode of Monster Garage aired.

2005: The film Tau man ji D (Initial D) was released in China.

2010: Production of the Chevrolet Cobalt ended.

2014: BMW, Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Mazda, Nissan, and Toyota announce a recall of 3 million Takata airbags.

2014: The first episode of Fat N’ Furious: Rolling Thunder aired.