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On This Day in Automotive History: October 21

On This Day in Automotive History
October 21

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Birthdays: William McCulla (1881), Alfredo Pian (1912), Tubby Gonzales (1919), Jesse James Taylor (1929), Harvey Henderson (1932), Cesare Perdisa (1932), William Bradley (1934), Marion Smiley (1940), Roy Woods (1940), Allan Grice (1942), Leo Hindery (1947), Dan Akerson (1948), Rocky Agusta (1950), Gerry Kraut (1951), Ron Breslawski (1956), Larry Ogle (1956), Alan Russell (1956), Sam Shalala (1956), Rick Lepage (1957), Paul van Splunteren (1957), Scott Null (1958), Michael Winstead (1960), Pete Graham (1961), Marty Zehr (1962), Chris Mullinax (1963), Richard Savary (1964), John Busse (1966), Richard Balandras (1969), Chad Kemenah (1971), Chris Menninga (1974), Paul Jean (1976), Michael Guerity (1977), Trent Guest (1977), Roman Rusinov (1981), Jim Warn (1983), Brandon Davis (1985), Michael Mohelski (1985), Joe Pontbriand (1987), Christopher Zanella (1989), Ryan Glenski (1992), Riley Thornton (1996), Colt Hensley (2003)

1966: The U.S. Postal Service issues a 5-cent Great River Road stamp, the first time a highway is honored by a commemorative stamp. In 1938, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes initiated review of a midcontinental parkway along the Mississippi River. Under Public Law 81-262, signed August 24, 1949, Bureau of Public Roads and the NPS studied the feasibility of the idea. Their joint report, Parkway for the Mississippi, was released on November 28, 1951. It concluded that a "Blue Ridge Parkway" type facility would be prohibitive in cost, duplicate existing highways, and miss many of the most scenic locations along the river, which are preempted by existing highways, railroads, towns, and cities. Instead, the report recommended a modified parkway or scenic road using existing highways for the most part.

2011: Revenge of the Electric Car was released.

2015: Carl Reese, Deena Mastracci, and Alex Roy set the first record for the shortest LA-NYC trip with a semi-autonomous car. The trip began October 18th from Redondo Beach, California in route to Red Ball Garage in Manhattan in 57 hours and 48 minutes. The drivers used the autopilot function of the Tesla Model S P85D for 96.1% of the 2995-mile journey.