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On This Day in Automotive History: November 14

On This Day in Automotive History
November 14

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National Seat Belt Day: Founded by Volvo, Uber, and the Governors Highway Safety Association in 2019.

Birthdays: Tommy Milton (1893), Gabriel Nardi (1901), Lonnie Bragg (1921), Tiny Lund (1929), Buck Peralta (1934), Jean-Pierre Manzon (1939), Jean-Jacques Cochet (1941), Lee Olibas (1944), Joe Saldana (1944), Brett Lunger (1945), Danny Crafton (1946), Irv Hoerr (1946), Bob Johnson (1946), Del Markle (1952), Pascal Pessiot (1952), Ed Belec (1953), Eliseo Salazar (1954), Ted Prappas (1955), David LaCroix (1960), Claudio Schiavoni (1960), Eddie Beahr (1962), Scott Bloomquist (1963), Santos Zanella (1963), Patrick Warburton (1964), James Koundouris (1966), Shaun Palmer (1968), Rino Mastronardi (1969), Dan Meservey Jr. (1969), Tandy Marlin (1970), Brian Bagwell (1972), Patrice Gay (1973), Vutthikorn Inthraphuvasak (1974), Augie Grill (1976), Shane Cockrum (1981), Jack Bailey (1982), Moreno Soeprapto (1982), Jake Engle (1992), Matt Mills (1996)

1945: Deputy Commissioner of Public Roads H.E. Hilts, District Engineer J.C. Carpenter, and the Design Division's Joseph Barnett and Wilbur H. Simonson arrive in the Virgin Islands for a 2-day inspection of road conditions on St. Thomas and St. Croix. The trip is pursuant to the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944, which authorized $10 million for internal development projects. With the Islands' public works officials, they discuss the priority program and typical designs for island roads.

1946: Initial technical staff arrive in Manila to establish a Division Office under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act, which had been signed April 30. It authorized PRA to improve roads damaged during World War II. A 1945 PRA mission found that 621 of the 1,741 bridges in existence before the war had been damaged or destroyed and more than a third of the country's 6,352 wooden bridges needed repair or replacement.

2005: Oklahoma Division Administrator Gary Corino participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for the I-40 Crosstown to be built five blocks south of the existing Interstate in Oklahoma City. The 4-mile reconstruction of I-40 is the State's largest and most expensive project. The "Dedication for Completion" of the first phase of the project (two five-lane bridges and a railroad bridge) would be celebrated on July 5, 2007.

2008: Out of Luck released their self-titled album, which included the song “Chevy Chevelle.”

2016: Samsung Electronics announced an agreement to purchase Harman International Industries, which includes the Harman Kardon, Infinity, and Mark Levinson brands.