1995 Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75
1992 Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies
1992 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, Dutch min of traffic and water, dies at 77
1991 New Dutch Regulations Traffic rules and Traffic signs enforced
1990 Rick Grech, rocker (Blind Faith, Traffic), dies at 44
1988 Boston's worst traffic jam in 30 years
1986 Jane Dornnacker, WNBC-AM New York City helicopter traffic reporter, dies doing a live traffic report as her copter crashes
1984 Janet Gaynor, actress (Sunrise), dies at 77 from a traffic accident
1983 Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39
1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
1981 President Regan fires 11,500 striking air traffic controllers
1981 13,000 Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike
1980 Continuous traffic jam extends 176 km north of Lyons, France
1963 At 4 AM, traffic on Bay Bridge is 1-way on each deck
1961 German DR limits traffic to West Berlin
1959 Nancy Remy, reporter, New York City's Shadow Traffic
1957 Suez canal reopens for all traffic
1955 Tappan Zee Bridge in New York opens to traffic
1950 Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink, Dutch minister of Traffic, VVD
1949 Russian stop train traffic West-Berlin
1947 Maine Turnpike opens to traffic
1945 Rick Grech, Bordeaux France, rock bassist, Blind Faith, Traffic
1944 Chris Wood, rocker, Traffic
1944 Jim Capaldi, rocker, Traffic
1943 JHR Maij-Wegge, Dutch traffic minister, 19..-94
1941 Neelie Smit-Kroes, Dutch politician, VVD, /minister of Traffic
1940 New York Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
1937 Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic
1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to vehicular traffic
1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
1933 University Bridge, Seattle opens for traffic
1930 1st red and green traffic lights installed (Manhattan New York City)
1929 SF Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system
1927 Gdanks and Polish accord concerning traffic through Polish corridor
1926 Traffic lights installed on Piccadilly Circus
1925 1st road with a depressed trough (Texas) opens to traffic
1923 Garrett Morgan invents and patents traffic signal
1922 Larry Osborne, navigator air traffic controller/supply specialist
1920 Eiji Okada, actor, Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American
1915 Dany [Daniel S] Tuijnman, head of Dutch traffic and water
1914 1st traffic light installed, Euclid Ave and E 105th St, Cleveland
1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer
1908 Jacques Tati[scheff], La Pecq France, director, Traffic, Playtime
1906 Switzerland's Simpion Tunnel open to rail traffic
1894 Manchester Ship Canal in England opens to traffic
1883 Chicago's "El" opens to traffic
1852 Dutch telegraph traffic regulated by law
1842 1st U.S. wire suspension bridge for general traffic opens in Penn
1831 London Bridge opens to traffic
1791 New York City traffic regulation creates 1st 1-way street
1741 Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
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