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On This Day in Automotive History: September 7

On This Day in Automotive History
September 7

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Birthdays: Overton Snell (1907), Lee Wallard (1910), Billy Minter (1915), Ernie Koch (1923), Fred Dove (1927), Harold Fryar (1928), John Gordon (1931), Phil Barkdoll (1937), Bob Schnars (1937), Donnie Allison (1939), Jimmy Finger (1940), Steve Drake (1941), Gail Barber (1942), Christian Beez (1942), Tom Williams (1943), Jean-Pierre Laffeach (1945), Wayne Larson (1947), Mike Conway (1950), Rad Dougall (1951), Ray Huff (1953), Bransen Patch (1960), Robbie Stirling (1960), John Preston (1962), Bud Carroll (1963), Glenn Griswold (1963), Mauro Trione (1963), Tom Fearn (1964), Peter Hardman (1964), Greg Seevers (1965), Kelvin Burt (1967), Kent Vincent (1967), Troy Adams (1968), Andy Santerre (1968), Brad Queen (1971), Tara McLeod (1972), Nick Igdalsky (1977), Sean Paul Breslin (1979), Travis Price (1979), Ron Van Es (1979), Scott Rettich (1984), Ivan Samarin (1988), Alejandro Capin (1991), Cooper MacNeil (1992), Colton Nelson (1997)

1950: President Harry Truman signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act, which requires State highway departments to hold public hearings for all projects bypassing cities or towns and provides sanctions for failure to maintain Federal-aid highways properly. It also authorizes $10 million for defense access road construction to meet Korean War needs.

1981: In New York City, President Ronald Reagan delivers a giant-sized check for $85 million to Mayor Edward Koch and Lt. Governor Mario Cuomo. "People tell me," the President says, "that the name Westway has become a code word for a bureaucracy strangling in its own regulations. From this day forward, let Westway symbolize opportunity and enterprise and let it remind each of us, as we watch Westway become a reality, that our Government works for us, not the other way around."

1990: Deputy Administrator Gene McCormick leads a study team of Federal, State, and industry officials who review asphalt pavement techniques in six European countries (Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom). They return on September 22 after observing many techniques and procedures that would be useful in the United States. But they also found many differences between U.S. and European organization, philosophy, taxation levels, and practice that make other findings harder to apply.

2003: AutoBidOnline.com launched.

2018: The film God Bless the Broken Road was released.