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On This Day in Automotive History: September 14

On This Day in Automotive History
September 14

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Birthdays: Harry Stillman (1892), Dudley Froy (1904), Mack Hellings (1915), Georges Berger (1918), Lee Reitzel (1931), Ken Rush (1931), David Goldsberry (1939), Billy Clark (1946), John Trimbole (1946), Fredy Lienhard (1947), Henry Gilbert (1950), Dominic Dobson (1957), Wes Rosner (1959), Steven Bernheim (1961), David Askew (1963), Mike Fitzgerald (1966), Fritz Kreutzpointner (1967), Dave Houpt (1968), Shane Donley (1971), Tim Pappas (1973), James Chesson (1980), Travis Volm (1983), Tanguy Ide (1988), Nick Percat (1988), Mike Young (1989), Devon Modell (1990), Brock Zearfoss (1990), Brandon Brown (1993), Anton de Pasquale (1995)

1962: President John F. Kennedy signs the Public Works Acceleration Act, intended to help areas burdened by high rates of unemployment by providing immediate jobs and enhancing economic growth. BPR is responsible to the Area Redevelopment Administration for the Act's $15-million program of highway improvements. (The funds go to 431 miles of forest highways in 28 States and Puerto Rico, 3.4 miles of defense access highway in Michigan, and 12.5 miles of public lands highways in Maine and New Mexico.)

1965: The first episode of My Mother the Car aired on NBC.

1977: Federal Highway Administration publishes a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on revision of standards for information signs within the right-of-way of FAP highways. The proposed rule, published in response to a provision of the 1976 Federal-Aid Highway Act, would provide for signs, displays, and devices that give specific information, such as goods and services available near the highway, in the interest of the traveling public.

1994: The film Metal Skin had its first screening at the Toronto International Film Festival.

2010: The song “Black and Yellow” by Wiz Khalifa was released.

2016: The Genesis G70 was unveiled in Namyang, South Korea.