Birthdays: Victor Hemery (1876), Charles Latta (1888), William Shattuc (1894), Wayne Sankey (1911), Ted Duncan (1912), Robert Ansell (1917), Ted Swaim (1927), Nasif Estefano (1932), Gary Bettenhausen (1941), Dorris Vaughan (1947), George Prentice Jr. (1948), Chris Young (1952), Gary Byington (1957), Doug Goad (1957), Kevin Nuttleman (1960), Pascal Hugot (1967), Scot Walters (1967), Yann Schar (1971), Tony Hunt (1972), Dirk Mueller (1975), Kristian Poulsen (1975), Jesse Klug (1976), Richard Altman (1978), Josh Bauer (1978), Denny Hamlin (1980), Bobby Baillargeon (1982), Jesse Wilcox (1982), Lars Kern (1987), Joey Doiron (1991), Nathan Kress (1992), Jeremy Doss (1996), Jonathan Findley (1998), Jason Larivee Jr. (1999)

1925: Secretary of Agriculture W.M. Jardine approves the Joint Board on Interstate Highways' plan for U.S. numbered highways and uniform signing. The Joint Board had originally identified 55,137 miles for inclusion, at which point, in the words of American Association of State Highway Officials president and Joint Board member Frank Rogers of Michigan, “the Infernal regions began popping,” as communities began lobbying for their route. The Secretary submits the plan, which now includes 75,884 miles, to AASHO to “take the necessary steps as might be feasible under their respective State laws to put the plan into operation.” Under pressure from the “infernal regions,” AASHO expands the U.S. system to 96,626 miles before approving the proposal on November 11, 1926.

1926: The Detroit Cougars hockey team played its first game, a 2-0 loss to the Boston Bruins. In 1930 they would become the Falcons, and in 1932 new ownership renamed the team yet again to the Detroit Red Wings. With only minor changes, the Red Wings' logo created in 1932 honoring Detroit's auto industry is still in use today.

1938: While attending AAA's Annual Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, Chief Thomas MacDonald is interviewed for a 1:45 p.m. radio broadcast over NBC's Blue Network. Introduced by AAA President Thomas P. Henry as “an outstanding authority on highway development and highway trends,” MacDonald discusses the road inventory surveys underway, noting that the information gathered will help the country adjust present roads to modern traffic conditions.

1957: During AASHO's Annual Meeting, Bureau of Public Roads' Herbert S. Fairbank becomes the first recipient of the Thomas H. MacDonald Award for outstanding contributions to highway progress. U.S. Representative George Fallon, Chairman, Subcommittee on Roads, House Committee on Public Works, addresses AASHO the same day: “I think I hear practically all of the complaints that you officials live with all the time. There are those who claim the program is bogging down and want it speeded up and those who in cities would like to declare a moratorium for two or three years to provide time for urban planning; those who insist on a community bypass and those who resist the bypass; those who can never agree with those who consider the interstate ugly or 'phony' as to defense importance; those who see opportunity in doing strange and wondrous things with the Trust Fund money ... [Those are] some of the typical complaints and charges that I hear; actually the immensity of the program and its long-term benefits have not yet really come home to the public.”

1977: For the first time in Bureau of Public Roads/FHWA history, former Federal Highway Administrators meet with the current Administrator in an open house. Former Administrators John Volpe, Norbert Tiemann, Frank Turner, Lowell Bridwell, and Bertram Tallamy join Administrator William Cox. Commissioner “Cap” Curtiss and Administrator Rex Whitton, the other two surviving Administrators, are unable to attend.

1987: The Ford Motor Company acquires U.S. Leasing International.

1997: Metallica released their album Relead, which included the song “Fuel.” Wade Hayes released the song “The Day That She Left Tulsa (In a Chevy).” Audio Adrenaline released their album Some Kind of Zombie, which included the song “Chevette.”

2003: Project Gotham Racing 2 released in the United States.

2004: The journey documented in 10 MPH ends in Boston, Massachusetts.

2008: President George W. Bush visits DOT headquarters, the first time a President had visited DOT headquarters since President Ronald Reagan. Speaking in the East Atrium, President Bush thanks Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters for her work following the collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, MN. “The Secretary coordinated a swift and an effective Federal response.” His primary purpose is to announce new regulations to protect air travelers.

2014: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration orders Takata to initiate a nationwide airbag recall.

2014: Grand Theft Auto V released for PlayStation 4 & Xbox One (supplemental release date).

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