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On This Day in Automotive History: May 13

On This Day in Automotive History
May 13

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Birthdays: Martin Fetscher (1874), Howard Gill (1883), Tom Cosman (1908), Ernie Yorton (1912), Theo Helfrich (1913), Walt James (1923), Archie Scott Brown (1927), Jimmy Blumer (1931), Paddy Driver (1934), Jim Southard (1934), Herman Huffman (1935), Ted Fritz (1936), Terry Ryan (1938), Bob Kennedy (1942), Jean Rondeau (1946), Bruno Eichmann (1952), Mike Perrotte (1955), Lester Lesneski (1959), Rich Bickle (1961), Brian Donley (1963), Mark Lamberton (1970), Nono Figueiredo (1971), G.J. Mennen Jr. (1972), Bradley Powell (1975), Gugu Zulu (1978), Matt Carter (1981), Bryan Mason (1981), Tim Macrow (1984), Jimmy Spencer Jr. (1986), Trevor Farbo (1991), Cale Conley (1992), Cory Howard (1992), Travis Milburn (1992), Kyle Neveau (1992), Caleb Adrian (1993), Yu Kanamaru (1994), Sheldon van der Linde (1999)

1950: Nino Farina wins the The Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix d'Europe Incorporating The British Grand Prix at Silverstone Circuit, Formula 1's first Grand Prix.

1961: J. Clarke Williams, Chief of Bureau of Public Roads' Nuclear Energy Branch, retires after 31 years with the agency. In 1963, his son, James C. Williams, and Robert C. Clayton are appointed by Administrator Rex Whitton as the first two trainees in the Office of Highway Safety's highway safety training program. The new program is designed to attract qualified college graduates to careers in highway safety management.

1963: Bureau of Public Roads and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) enter into an interagency agreement for construction of public lands development roads and trails, authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1962. BLM may survey, design, and construct some projects, following Bureau of Public Roads approval of the PS&E. In other cases, Bureau of Public Roads will undertake survey and design, and supervise construction.

1976: About 6,000 spectators join West Virginia highway and FHWA officials to watch as ironworkers guide the final section of the New River Gorge Bridge into place, marking completion of the arch (part of Corridor L of the Appalachian Development Highway System).

1977: The film The Car was released.

2004: The film Biker Girls: Born to Be Wild was released.

2005: Forza Motorsport was released in Europe.

2016: Production of the Volvo XC70 ended.