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On This Day in Automotive History: June 28

On This Day in Automotive History
June 28

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National Logistics Day: Established in 2019 by an initiative from Logistics Plus.

Birthdays: Charles Montier (1879), Frank Siefert (1879), Jack LeCain (1887), George Eyston (1897), Adolfo Schwelm Cruz (1923), Chuck Shove (1927), Clare Lawicki (1928), Junior Johnson (1931), Dieter Glemser (1938), Dieter Schornstein (1940), Sten Axelsson (1942), Rudi Lins (1944), Nobuhiro "Monster" Tajima (1950), Martin Power (1951), Jim Meassick (1952), John Ingalls (1957), Mike Skinner (1957), Vince Fanello (1958), Charlie Luck (1960), Scott Mulkern (1961), Terry Petris (1961), Jimmy Mullins (1961), Rick Gdovic (1962), Tim Hubman (1964), Wesley Hoaglund (1966), Johnny Leonard (1969), Fabien Barthez (1971), Manuel Giao (1971), Elon Musk (1971), Donald Parsons (1971), David Oliver (1973), Doug Paasch (1973), Freddy Tame (1974), Corey Morgan (1977), Robby Benton (1979), Charlie Bradberry (1982), Kyle Kelley (1985), Mathias Beche (1986), Freddie Hunt (1987), Randel King (1991), Will Stevens (1991), Tadasuke Makino (1997), Joel Eriksson (1998)

1957: The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development signs an agreement with the Imperial Ethiopian Government for a $15 million highway loan for several purposes, including construction under Bureau of Public Roads supervision of 510 miles of roads to open up a potentially rich coffee-producing area.

1966: Chevrolet announces the Camaro name in the first time in history that 14 cities were connected in real time for a press conference via telephone lines.

1969: Ralph Bartelsmeyer, Director of Public Roads, represents FHWA at the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge's lower deck, which had been built the same time as the upper deck (opened 21 November 1964) but kept closed until needed--which turned out to be 11 years sooner than planned. Robert Moses, whose Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority built the bridge, tells the assemblage, "The ex-post-facto boys of course know just how it should have been done [but give] practical folks their due. Who shall challenge their assertion that man cannot live by ecology and esthetics alone?"

1974: The film Stone was released.

2006: The film Who Killed the Electric Car? was released.