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On This Day in Automotive History: May 1
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On This Day in Automotive History
May 1
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May 2
Birthdays: Earl Howe (1884), Albert Romine (1890), Ray Keech (1900), Al Rogers (1909), Bob Rauscher (1927), Desmond Titterington (1928), Geoff Lees (1951), Bob Johnson (1954), Doc Watson (1954), Jean-Marc Bachelier (1957), Rene Robichaud (1958), Johnny Spaw (1962), Shayne Lockhart (1963), Joe Hudson (1965), David Donohue (1967), Karl Thomson (1967), Ajith Kumar (1971), Tracy Hines (1972), Chris Simmons (1973),
Johnny Sauter (1978), Matt Sielsky (1978), Tatsuya Kataoka (1979), Jan Heylen (1980), Mirko Venturi (1981), Jared Landers (1982), Juan Caceres (1984), Lucas Ordonez (1985), Ashton Bayne (1991), Nick Hoffman (1992), Eddie Fatscher (2002)
1914: OPR's Charles Moorefield, until today in charge of bridge work, is placed in charge of important concrete road construction in Ohio, involving an expenditure of $320,000. Oscar L. Grover, formerly chief bridge engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and of the Virginia State highway department, assumes responsibility for bridge work.
1916:
Sinclair Oil Corporation founded.
1942:
Hino was founded.
1946: PRA issues General Administrative Memorandum 300 ("Reimbursement of Costs of Changes to Utility Facilities"), the first all-inclusive instructions in a single document for utility adjustments.
1950:
UD Trucks founded.
1968: The Committee of Urban Advisors to the Administrator, established in November 1965 by Administrator Rex Whitton, submits
The Freeway in the City, a report of findings and recommendations with respect to the planning and design of urban freeways. The introduction notes that, "clearly something is wrong, and the situation cries out for new approaches, particularly in the nonengineering aspects of highway development."
1970: The Publications and Visual Aids Branch is advised that one of its films, ERGS-69 (Electronic Route Guidance System) has been selected for a Special Award at the 5th Festival of Technical Films, held in Budapest, Hungary.
1982: The Czech film Upír z Feratu was released in Czechoslovakia.
1992: Secretary of Transportation Andrew H. Card, Jr., signs an agreement with the EPA and Department of the Army on streamlining the NEPA and Section 404 wetlands permit processes. Eugene W. Cleckley, Chief of the Environmental Operations Division, had spearheaded the FHWA's role in this initiative.
1994:
Ayrton Senna died as a result of injuries from the
Italian Grand Prix.
1998: The film Black Dog was released.
2006:
Terrafugia was incorporated.
2006: The song “Chasing Cars” by Snow Patrol was released on their album Eyes Open.
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