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On This Day in Automotive History: March 15

On This Day in Automotive History
March 15

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Birthdays: Len Zengel (1887), Percy Ford (1888), Silas Christopherson (1890), Ken Fowler (1907), Jack Fairman (1913), Jean Achard (1918), Marvin Burke (1918), Ed Brown (1920), Tom Gifford (1926), Bob Mathouser (1926), Al Herman (1927), Herb Crawford (1928), Nestor Peles (1928), Mike Beckwith (1935), Walt Price (1935), Tommy Andrews (1936), Jean-Louis Lafosse (1941), George Stuart (1941), Jacques Henry (1942vDennis DeVea (1948), John Cotter (1950), Danny Eaves (1955), Billy Myers (1955), Dave Savicki (1955), Mickey Gibbs (1958), Mark Williams (1958), Josele Garza (1962), John Wood (1962), Kurt Owens (1965), Kim Wolfkill (1965), William Ayer Jr. (1966), Jeff Nowicki (1967), Mark McGrath (1968), Mark Jenison (1969), Brad Mueller (1969), Robby Johnson (1970), Jeff Van Oudenhoven (1970), Bill Coffey (1971), Todd Cray (1971), Byron Reed (1973), Dennis Wurtz (1974), Bud Kenny (1981), Dan Brode (1985), Tom Chilton (1985), Michael Davidson (1985), Alfred Renauer (1985), Robert Renauer (1985), Andy Seuss (1987), Jason Palmer (1988), Alexander Sims (1988), John Lowinski-Loh (1991), Ian Nater (1994), Davey Hamilton Jr. (1997), Devin Dodson (1999), Ben Creanor (2003), Andrew Molleur (2003)

1922: Chief Thomas MacDonald is elected one of the four initial directors of the Eno Foundation, established by William Phelps Eno in 1921 to perpetuate his work in promoting safety and discipline on streets and highways.

1947: Preston Tucker filed for a U.S. design patent for the Tucker 48.

1961: A medium-scale computer with four magnetic tape units and 8,000 characters of memory is installed in Bureau of Public Roads' Washington Headquarters, replacing a medium-size digital computer, compatible with punch cards, installed in July 1958.

1990: Administrator Thomas Larson is in Turkey to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Directorate of Turkish Highways, which Bureau of Public Roads helped establish.

2022: The song “Ferrari” by James Hype and Miggy Dela Rosa was released.