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On This Day in Automotive History: May 15
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On This Day in Automotive History
May 15
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Birthdays: Ted Chamberlain (1906), Elias Bowie (1914), Peter Broeker (1926), George Dalton (1935), Travis Tiller (1937), Orvil Reedy (1938), Yoshimi Katayama (1940), David Brodie (1943), Alan Rollinson (1943), Jim Noble (1944), Jacques Guillot (1945), Giorgio Schon (1946), Ed St. Angelo Jr. (1948), Alain Filhol (1951), Jacques Guerin (1953), Jerry Mahony (1955), Nick Ham (1956), Stacy Cahoon (1958), Luis Perez-Sala (1959), Scotty Backman (1960), Jeff Caudell (1961), Jon Jordan (1962), Chas Howe (1964), Doug Thorpe Jr. (1964), George Fouche (1965), Greg Merril (1965), Eddie Witkum Jr. (1973), Matt Pepin (1975), Shane Hmiel (1980), Allam Khodair (1981), Sergio Jimenez (1984), Chrissy Wallace (1988), Lucas Ransone (1990), Todd Gilliland (2000)
1953: The first
Pinewood Derby was held at the Scout House in Manhattan Beach, California by Cub Scout Pack 280C.
1974: A slide presentation on Region 15's Demonstration Project on "Noise-Measurement Techniques, Equipment Systems, and Data Interpretation" is presented at USDOT Headquarters. Observers, including Administrator Norbert Tiemann, then tour the trailer containing FHWA's Acoustical Laboratory, which was constructed at the Region 9 Office of Federal Highway Projects Equipment.
1980: Ground is broken for a $50 million Justice Center in Portland, Oregon, the largest functional replacement project to date. It is needed because construction of I-205 requires the taking of the Rocky Butte Jail.
1994: The film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
2000: Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater announces the appointment of Dr. Walter Sutton, Jr., as Deputy Federal Highway Administrator. Dr. Sutton, who joined FHWA as Associate Administrator for Policy in September 1998, had been serving as Acting Deputy Administrator since the departure of Deputy Administrator Gloria J. Jeff on January 3, 1999.
2002: The film Initial D: Battle Stage was released.
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