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On This Day in Automotive History: October 16
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On This Day in Automotive History
October 16
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Birthdays: Al Poole (1877), Joel Thorne (1914), Harold Morse (1917), Tony Rolt (1918), Bill Champion (1921), Barney Hatchell (1923), Budd Olsen (1924), Lionel Johnson (1928), Clem Proctor (1928), Peter Ashdown (1934), Dave Heinz (1934), Joe Castellano (1937), R.K. Smith (1937), John Whitmore (1937), Nunzio Febbrielo (1940), Roger Dubos (1946), Ronnie Childress (1950), Jenni Thompson (1957), Frederic Hauchard (1961), Wes Rhodes (1962), Laura Lane (1964), James Stoner III (1967), Phillip Young (1967), Steve Dorer (1969), Mark Petty (1969), Sean Woodside (1970), Eric Holmes (1974),
Molly Morter (1975), Matthew Alix (1977), Michael Shawhan (1989), Jamie Krzysik (1990), Ben Gersekowski (1992), Egor Orudzhev (1995), Charles Leclerc (1997)
1893: In a circular letter to railway managers, General Roy Stone asks for information on the supply of road building materials, accessibility, transportation rates, etc., along the lines of their respective roads. The responses provide information for ORI Bulletins No. 5 (certain States west of the Mississippi River), No. 6 (certain States north of the Ohio River), and No. 7 (certain eastern and southern States).
1921: Bids are opened for the most difficult portion of the 115-mile McKenzie River Highway between Eugene and Bend, OR. In cooperation with the Forest Service, Bureau of Public Roads is responsible for this 15-mile project that consists of reducing the heavy grades approaching the summit of the Cascade Mountains. Much of the work will require heavy work through the timber and, on the upper section over sloping beds of lava, considerable rock excavation.
1958: A caravan of citizens and North Dakota officials travels to the Eckelson interchange, I-94, to open the State's first fully completed Interstate section (the longest continuous stretch completed since enactment of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956). Mr. Paul Royster, Assistant to the Administrator, addresses participants.
1960:
Victor Hugo Green died.
1969: Secretary of Transportation John Volpe circles Los Angeles in a Coast Guard helicopter to observe the morning rush hour. Later, addressing the Central City Association's 45th Annual Meeting at the Biltmore, he says, “Although Californians love their automobiles, they will have to recognize that we can never provide the mobility they demand and deserve if we restrict ourselves to automobiles alone.”
1996: The film Get On the Bus was released.
2013:
Erik Buell Racing introduces the
1190RX, the company's first production motorcycle.
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