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On This Day in Automotive History: October 3

On This Day in Automotive History
October 3

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Birthdays: Ellis Pearce (1915), Chuck Hulse (1927), Don Wilson (1930), Clyde Prickett (1932), Sharon Bishop (1941), Andrea de Adamich (1941), Chuck Becker Jr. (1944), Raddy Day (1951), Forest Barber (1952), Danny Darnell (1956), Kristal Loescher (1956), Tom Tagg (1958), Richard Pinkham (1959), Ron McDonald (1961), Craig Wood (1962), Robert Masson (1963), Geoff Escalette (1964), Danny Doeler (1965), Donald Theetge (1966), Max Papis (1969), Andy Thurman (1969), Alessandro Zampedri (1969), Casey Snedegar (1972), Seth Thomas (1976), Simon Wills (1976), Ryan Hardwick (1980), Francesco Sini (1980), Brett Taylor (1983), Travis McCullough (1984), Bobby Santos III (1985), Zach Ralston (1986), Adam Gray (1987), Martin Plowman (1987), Ruben Rovelo (1987), Chase Austin (1989), Andrew Murray (1996), Austin Kunert (1999)

1893: Agriculture Secretary J. Sterling Morton establishes the U.S. Office of Road Inquiry, the first Federal road Agency, in two small attic rooms of the main Agriculture Building. The Agency consists of General Roy Stone, Special Agent and Engineer for Road Inquiry, and Robert Grubbs, stenographer. Its budget is $10,000. Largely a response to lobbying by bicycle enthusiasts for better roads, ORI is given a mission of making inquiries on systems of road management, investigating the best methods of road making, preparing didactic publications, and assisting the agricultural colleges and experiment stations in disseminating information on this subject.

1955: The first episode of Highway Patrol aired.

1970: Ribbon-cutting ceremonies open a 77-mile section of I-80 between Laramie and Walcott, Wyoming, the longest stretch of Interstate to open at one time with no portion of the entire length previously open. Deputy Administrator Ralph Bartelsmeyer participates.

2008: The film Flash of Genius was released.

2010: The first episode of IRT: Deadliest Roads aired.