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On This Day in Automotive History: May 4

On This Day in Automotive History
May 4

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Birthdays: Harry Falt (1895), Floyd O'Neal (1900), Dickie Reese (1925), Bud Chaddock (1926), Jim Parsley (1927), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Dr. Don Tarr (1929), Jimmy Crowe (1938), Peter Gregg (1940), Russ Peterson (1943), Don Pratt (1944), John Watson (1946), Hurley Haywood (1948), John Force (1949), Bill Park (1950), Charlie Baker (1952), Allen Patterson (1953), Todd Forbes (1955), Scott Busby (1956), Gerold Ried (1959), Jon Bennett (1965), Jennifer Tumminelli (1965), Randy Tolsma (1966), George Collazo (1969), Rusty Johnson (1969), Arnaud Trevisiol (1970), Luiz Garcia, Jr. (1971), Phillip Scifleet (1977), Scott Lynch (1980), Luke Hines (1982), Michael Patrizi (1984), Duvashen Padayachee (1990), Dylan Estrella (1992), Cameron Millard (1993), Lucas Kohl (1998)

1894: In Washington, DC, General Roy Stone of the ORI completes the preface to his book, New Roads and Road Laws in the United States, published by the D. Van Nostrand Company later that year. In the preface, Stone notes that the book is largely based on material compiled before the start of the road inquiry, adding, "it is hoped that this book may still further stimulate public interest in the subject, and thus promote the success of the official inquiry."

1992: Administrator Thomas Larson joins State and local government officials and fourth graders from Page Elementary School in Arlington, VA, to launch America's TreeWays, a national highway tree-planting effort. The group planted 100 seedlings at Chain Bridge Road and Georgetown Pike. Thousands of trees donated by private companies will be planted statewide under the program, including 1,000 in northern Virginia.

1995: The song “Greg! The Stop Sign!!” by TISM was released on their album Machiavelli and the Four Seasons.

2016: NHTSA announces it is expanding the recall of Takata airbag inflators by 35-40 million in addition to the 28.8 million already recalled.