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On This Day in Automotive History: November 5

On This Day in Automotive History
November 5

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Birthdays: Bill Endicott (1876), Louis Rosier (1905), Bob McLees (1916), Kurt Adolff (1921), Pierre Maublanc (1928), Paul Wensink (1929), Johnny Reynolds (1941), Jim Reich (1942), Riccardo Albanesi (1943), Eddie Gravely (1945), Melvin Revis (1947), Dean Vetrock (1954), Tomas Mezera (1958), Robert Patrick (1958), Elton Sawyer (1959), Mark Coleman (1959), Doug George (1960), Ritch Marziale (1960), Scott Cross (1962), Kevin Heath (1962), Pete Rondeau (1965), David Amick (1968), Roberto Fernandez (1970), David LeBeau (1970), Jason Mignogna (1972), Kevin Horton (1974), Billy Keyes (1974), Greg Proude (1974), Daisuke Ito (1975), Gian Maria Gabbiani (1978), Jaime Camara (1980), Dan Lensing (1983), Sebastian Hohenthal (1984), Nick Tandy (1984), C.E. Falk (1987), Kevin Jonas (1987), Matt Bell (1989), Pete McIntosh II (1989), Chris Brown (1992), Brady Smith (1992), Benjamin Pedersen (1999), Trey Bayne (2003)

1895: The "Selden Patent," the first U.S. patent for an automobile, was granted.

1935: The last unpaved gap in U.S. 30 is closed in Nebraska--the first paved transcontinental highway. In a November 1 letter to planners of the celebration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt says, "With full appreciation of the manifold benefits of this modern avenue of communication, it is especially gratifying to recall that its construction has been a part of the great program of highway building that has given needed employment in recent years to hundreds of thousands of our citizens."

1949: The film They Live By Night was released in the United States. It was released in the UK the previous year.

1955: Commissioner "Cap" Curtiss participates in opening ceremonies for the Major Deegan and Cross-Bronx Expressways, and the Queens Mid-Town Connection to the Horace Harding Expressway in New York City. Division Engineer C.E. Swain, District Engineer K.B. Foster, and Area Engineer J.P. McAllaster also represent BPR.

1993: At the University of Hartford in Connecticut, Deputy Secretary Mortimer Downey and a USDOT team including FHWA Deputy Administrator Jane Garvey conduct the first of a nationwide series of meetings on ISTEA implementation. About 100 State and local officials, business leaders, planners, and citizens from New England participate. Regional Administrator J. G. Bestgen, Jr., and Connecticut Division Administrator Gary Hamby represent Region 1.

1999: Tenneco begins public trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TEN.

2018: The film The Gentleman Driver was released in the UK (initial public release).