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On This Day in Automotive History: October 10

On This Day in Automotive History
October 10

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Birthdays: Teddy Rayson (1904), Paul Newkirk (1915), Ralph Liguori (1926), Harold Mays (1926), Mike Rothschild (1927), Eugenio Castellotti (1930), Arnie Knepper (1930), Bob Olthoff (1937), Emmett Hahn (1940), David Mote (1940), Clyde Dagit (1941), Lowell Cowell (1945), Bill Scott (1948), Steve Vaughn (1950), Takashi Yorino (1950), Tommy Riggins (1951), Siegfried Stohr (1952), Larry Meadors (1953), Bill Webb (1956), David Friedman (1957), Charlie Cox (1960), Tom Nastasi (1963), Patrick van Schoote (1963), Carl Droivold (1969), Andrea Garbagnati (1969), Lee Tissot (1969), Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974), Tim Viens (1976), Preston Peltier (1977), Roger Yasukawa (1977), J.R. Courage (1978), Jon Morley (1980), Brandon Lindahl (1982), Hideki Mutoh (1982), Daniel Jilesen (1983), Galen Hassler (1984), Billy Johnson (1986), Jason Moore (1988), Coleman Pressley (1988), Cody Carlton (1990), Tyler Hughes (1996), Job van Uitert (1998)

1898: The National Road Parliament is held under OPRI's auspices in connection with the Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha, Nebraska. Director Martin Dodge demonstrates the advantages of steel track wagon roads by moving an 11-ton load (consisting of delegates) with one horse--instead of the usual 20. Dodge considers the parliament a success because most of the western States were represented, "something which had not heretofore occurred in meetings of this sort." He added that "the delegates who attended were the representative and enthusiastic road workers of their respective communities and States."

1957: Representatives of State highway agencies, auto manufacturers, and Bureau of Public Roads observe the first U.S. demonstration of an electronic traffic control system activated by vehicles passing over the highway. The demonstration is sponsored by RCA and the Nebraska Department of Roads and Irrigation on U.S. 77 near Lincoln, NE.

2001: Chevron purchased General Motors' share of GM Ovonics.

1974: The film The Cars That Ate Paris was released in Australia (initial public release).