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On This Day in Automotive History: September 28

On This Day in Automotive History
September 28

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Birthdays: Baconin Borzacchini (1898), Bob Carey (1904), Jiggs Peters (1920), Fred Bince (1923), Russ Congdon (1924), Paul Lewis (1932), Buren Skeen (1936), Bernard Lagier de Giuseppe (1940), Jeffrey Jones (1942), Win Percy (1943), Jean-Claude Ferrarin (1946), Bill Spencer (1948), Barry Beggarly (1949), Debris Brown (1950), Kim Baker (1951), Andres Vilarino (1951), Gary Hinton (1953), Ron Atapattu (1956), Ron Fellows (1959), Todd Wier (1961), Erik Comas (1963), Gregor Fisken (1964), Hank Jarman (1964), Jose Armengol (1966), Mika Hakkinen (1968), Sascha Maassen (1969), Gualter Salles (1970), Brooke Tatnell (1971), John Kinder (1974), Bobby Sak (1978), Russell Walker (1984), Ross Smith (1986), Sailesh Bolisetti (1988), Dustin Rumley (1989), Bobby McCarty (1992), Philippe Valenza (1994)

1950: Commissioner Thomas MacDonald advises Division Engineers that the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 has restored authority for access-road construction based on identified needs to serve military installations.

1959: As an aid to solving short-range financing problems of the Federal-aid program, the Mutual Security Appropriations Act, signed this date, provides for an advance of $359 million from the General Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund (full amount repaid by the end of FY 1960).

1972: Apollo Tyres was incorporated.

1981: Production begins on the Oldsmoble Cutlass Ciera.

1987: The song “Behind the Wheel” by Depeche Mode was released on their album Music for the Masses. The song “Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses” by Kathy Mattea was released on her album Untasted Honey.

1993: In Washington, DC, the Federal Highway Administration, in conjunction with FTA and the Office of the Secretary, sponsors a 1-day symposium on "Bond Financing and Transportation Infrastructure: Exploring Concepts and Roles." The symposium focuses on the fundamentals of the tax-exempt bond market, intergovernmental perspectives, and bond financing mechanisms, such as credit enhancement and revolving funds. More than 80 people, representing every USDOT mode, Congress, the Office of Management and Budget, States, and other Federal agencies, as well as subject-matter experts, share their perspectives on the subject.

2004: The song “Fast Cars and Freedom” by Rascal Flatts was released on their album Feels Like Today.

2017: The film Steve McQueen: American Icon was released.