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On This Day in Automotive History: September 8

On This Day in Automotive History
September 8

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Birthdays: Theodore Pilette (1883), Jim Hill (1888), Buddy Shuman (1915), Harvey Jones (1923), A.J. Cox (1927), Bob Eichlor (1927), Chuck Rodee (1927), Frank Warren (1934), Larry Dickson (1938), David Ray Boggs (1943), Jose-Marie Fernandez (1945), J.C. Yarborough (1947), Bill Prietzel (1952), Marty Radewick (1953), Guy Thomas (1954), Stefan Johansson (1956), Aguri Suzuki (1960), Gunther Blieninger (1961), Doug Krpata (1961), Dale Groves Jr. (1963), Kevin Larkins (1964), Luis Marques (1967), Brent Nelson (1967), Brian Kamisky (1980), Nathan Freke (1983), Vitaly Petrov (1984), Blake Bjorklund (1985), Rob Bunker (1988), J.D. Leonard (1988), Jorge Contreras Jr. (1992), Matheus Leist (1998), Alessio Lorandi (1998), Wyatt Alexander (1999), Mini Tyrrell (2004)

1904: The first Harley-Davidson prototype was functional.

1950: In Washington D.C., Bureau of Public Road's E.W. James, just back from an inspection tour of the Pan American Highway, meets writer-historian George R. Stewart in the Cosmos Club to discuss the origins of the U.S. numbered system. The discussion provides background for Stewart's 1953 book, U.S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America (The Riverside Press, Houghton Mifflin Company).

1975: Deputy Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration J.R. Coupal Jr., presents the keynote address, "The Future of Road Transportation," during a 4-day international, intermodal seminar in Sydney, Australia.

1976: The film Cannonball! was released in the U.S.

1977: Administrator William Cox announces that the BMCS is launching an intensified national campaign of roadside truck inspections. "These unannounced road checks are designed to identify and correct safety defects discovered by State and local enforcement officers and BMCS investigators on heavy commercial vehicles being operated on the Nation's Highways."

1994: The film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert was released in Australia, the country in which it was filmed.

2006: Peter Brock died.

2016: Liberty Media had agreed to buy Delta Topco, the company that controls Formula One.

2018: The film Driven was first shown, at the Venice Film Festival.