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On This Day in Automotive History: March 21

On This Day in Automotive History
March 21

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Birthdays: Aldo Franchi (1882), Eaton McMillan (1886), Joe Huff (1906), Bud Sennett (1912), George Abecassis (1913), Arthur Owen (1915), Ken Wharton (1916), Fonty Flock (1920), Paco Godia (1921), Bob Davis (1925), Larry McClure (1944), Alistair Walker (1944), Brian Robinson (1948), Billy Shuman (1948), Keiichi Suzuki (1949), Manuel Monteiro (1950), John Fergus (1952), Truckie Parsons (1955), Guy Pavageau (1956), Randy Butner (1960), Ayrton Senna (1960), Marco Attard (1961), Neil Gacom (1961), Paulo Bonifacio (1965), Kenny Brack (1966), Johnny Greaves (1966), Markus Liesner (1969), Jeff Boyer (1970), Ricky Miller (1970), Jeff Krogh (1972), Jason Drummond (1974), Mario Monroy (1980), Chris Anthony (1983), Ryan Philpott (1983), Ralf Aron (1998)

1920: The film Excuse My Dust was released.

1929: Bureau of Public Roads' E. W. James sails to Bogota as a member of a commission formed to prepare a plan for improving transportation and communications in Colombia.

1953: The film The Hitch-Hiker was released across the United States. It was released in Boston the previous day.

1980: In accordance with Executive Order 12185, dated December 17, 1979, FHWA issues FHWA Notice N 5520.4 establishing "policy and broad direction on energy for the Federal-aid highway program and to identify areas that possess the greatest potential for fuel conservation."

1985: To handle a large post-deregulation truck safety workload imposed by new legislation, the BMCS is superseded by an upgraded Office of Motor Carriers, with Richard Landis brought in from the Arizona Highway Patrol as the first Associate Administrator for Motor Carriers. He takes office September 15, 1985.

2008: The film Race was released in India.

2013: Sage the Gemini released his song “Gas Pedal.”

On This Day in Automotive History: March 21