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On This Day in Automotive History: September 1

On This Day in Automotive History
September 1

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Birthdays: I.P. Fetterman (1887), Floyd Sparks (1894), Lindley Bothwell (1901), Bob Hahn (1912), Hilly Rife (1927), Herb Shannon (1931), Hank Thomas (1936), Oren Prosser (1940), Chip Rutherford (1942), Jean-Claude Bering (1944), Ken Rowley (1947), Gregg Young (1948), John Anderson (1949), Charlie Cragan (1949), Brad Correll (1952), Jerry Schild (1954), Billy Blanks (1955), Lenny Fisher (1955), Granger Howell (1955), Brian Ball (1956), Peter Ashley Mann (1956), Dave Brandenburg (1957), Brett Hearn (1958), Bob Berridge (1959), Johnny Cochran (1959), Gary Wade Finley (1959), Bart Ingram (1959), Charlie Sullivan (1959), Doug Drost (1960), Doug Smith (1960), Danny Kelly (1961), Simon Gregg (1962), Pete Mayden (1962), Mark Adderton (1967), Smiley Rich (1967), Chris Walls (1967), Mark Blasingim (1968), Jesse Causey (1968), Franck Lagorce (1968), Matt Nichols (1968), Sunny Hobbs (1969), Jimmy Seger (1969), Craig Willard (1969), Bobby Auten (1970), Cain Langford (1972), Pat Tushoski (1973), Duke Whiseant (1973), Mikel Miller (1974), Marcos Ambrose (1976), Justin Drawdy (1977), Raffaele Giammaria (1977), Paul Dumbrell (1982), Jonathan Eilen (1985), Bobby Dale Earnhardt (1987), Kyle Chady (1988), Simona de Silvestro (1988), Carlos Sainz Jr. (1994), Adam Martin (1997), Jeffrey Abbey (1998), Derek Kraus (2001)

1896: Touring Club Suisse was founded. Originally it was an organization intended to promote bicycle tourism.

1916: Bureau of Public Roads issues the regulations implementing the Federal-aid highway program authorized by the Federal Aid Road Act of 1916. The regulations incorporate most of the suggestions made by State highway officials during a meeting in Washington, DC, on August 16. Meanwhile, construction begins in Contra Costa County, CA, on the first Federal-aid project, a 2.55-mile segment of the road from the Alameda County line to Richmond.

1962: Mando Corporation was founded.

1967: Administrator Lowell Bridwell issues a position paper to State highway officials urging them to consider the use of reserved bus lanes at peak traffic hours on freeways. He notes that heavy use (120 to 180 buses per hour) would be needed to achieve public acceptance.

1998: TitleMax opened its first location in Columbus, Georgia.

2020: Bob Rohrman died.

2020: The Škoda Enyaq iV was unveiled.