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On This Day in Automotive History: October 9

On This Day in Automotive History
October 9

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Birthdays: Louis Bergdoll (1884), Ed Leslie (1921), Curtis Hunt (1924), Joe Merola (1925), Pat O'Connor (1928), Ray Heppenstall (1931), Ray Chaike (1933), Eddie Wachs (1935), Emory Lewis (1936), David Prophet (1937), Peter Zbinden (1937), Frog Trent (1939), Ernie Shaw (1942), Chris Ronson (1946), Randy Myers (1947), Heinz Kuhn-Weiss (1948), Mike Leary (1952), Ron Esau (1954), Royce Mason (1957), Greg Roe (1960), Julian Bailey (1961), Mike Goldberg (1961), Don Kreitz Jr. (1961), Paul Radisich (1962), Bob Attrell (1963), Rodney Howard (1963), Franklin Butler III (1967), Kirk Grauberger (1968), Brad Smith (1968), John Modystach (1973), Tommy Shane Steiner (1973), Kristian Kolby (1978), Todd Kelly (1979), James Civali (1983), Alex Malycke (1984), Chip Brindle (1985), Billy Wease (1986), Philip Ellis (1992), Fabian Welter (1995), Buddy Shepherd (1999), Harrison Burton (2000)

1939: To celebrate AASHO's 25th anniversary, some 500 members have breakfast at Washington, DC's Raleigh Hotel, site of the association's founding. In the day's highlight, AASHO President W.W. Mack presents Certificates of Appreciation to the 15 surviving founders, 9 of whom are present. J. E. Pennybacker, Jr., the only surviving founder from OPR, is present to receive his certificate. "As president of the Association," Mack says, "no happier privilege comes to me than that of presenting these certificates to the men who made highway history here 25 years ago."

1961: Parade magazine notifies the Maine State Highway Commission that a 24-mile section of I-95 (Augusta to Waterville and Fairfield) has been chosen America's finest new scenic highway in the magazine's first competition. An article in the October 15 issue comments that the State thought "the interstate route in tourist-conscious Maine should be a delight to drive along, as well as an efficient conveyor."

1967: Administrator Lowell Bridwell announces that a 7-week study has confirmed the safety benefits of shoulder belts used in combination with seat belts.

2013: The film Vannin' was released.

2020: The second season of Fast & Furious Spy Racers was released on Netflix.