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On This Day in Automotive History: September 5

On This Day in Automotive History
September 5

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Birthdays: Frank Goode (1881), Huntley Gordon (1883), Leo Caldwell (1926), Clay Regazzoni (1939), Hubert Striebig (1939), Tom Sherrill (1940), Bob Merrifield (1944), Darwin Sandstrom (1944), Ken Bailey (1951), Glenn Brewer (1953), Raymond Gastelu (1956), Richard Houlihan (1956), Brent Kaeding (1957), Jeff Rogers (1959), Willie Gault (1960), Robert Nagel (1960), Rick Spencer (1960), Ruggero Melgrati (1961), Kelly Tanner (1962), Taki Inoue (1963), Paul Nelson (1964), David Brabham (1965), Gerry Bruce (1970), Ray Peele (1970), Bonamy Grimes (1971), Larry Pegram (1973), Nick Sweet (1984), Chris Festa (1985), Brandon Johnson (1985), Korey Ruble (1985), Mitch Cunningham (1986), Josh Burdon (1992)

1940: The Federal-Aid Highway Act, which President Franklin Roosevelt signs today, authorizes PRA to give priority to roads important to national defense. The Act also authorizes the Federal Works Administrator (head of PRA's parent Agency) to initiate defense projects urgently requested by the Secretary of War or Secretary of the Navy.

1965: FHWA crews surveying the North Cross-State Highway (now the North Cascades Highway) in Washington State use tent camps for the last time on this trip--and the last time tent camps were used by the Western Federal Lands Division.

1968: FHWA calls on each State highway agency to endorse a nine-point pledge of compliance with equal employment opportunity provisions in the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 (signed August 5). No federally assisted highway project may be approved for a State until it has executed the pledge. Administrator Lowell Bridwell has sent a copy of the nine-point statement to the head of each State highway agency for signature.

1970: Jochen Rindt died in a crash during practice for the Italian Grand Prix.

1980: Mothers Against Drunk Driving was founded.

2000: The song “Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle)” by Limp Bizkit was released.

2006: The Crittenden Automotive Library was launched.