2004 Sam Dash, lawyer, Senate counsel during Watergate, dies at 79
2004 Samuel Dash, American Lawyer
1988 Canadian Ben Johnson breaks own 50-yard dash world record at 5.15
1984 Carl Lewis wins gold medal in 100-meter dash at LA Summer Olympics
1968 Lee Evans sets world record of 43.8 seconds in 400 meter dash
1967 Stacey Dash, born in Bronx, New York, actress, Dionne-Clueless
1954 Ivo van Damme, Belgium, 800/1500m dash 1976 Olympics silver
1952 Allen Wells, England, 100m dash, 1980 Olympics gold
1950 Alberto Juantorena, Cuba, 400m dash 1976 Olympics gold
1949 Valery Borzov, U.S.S.R., 100m/200m dash, Olympics gold 1972
1947 Vincent Matthews, U.S., 400m dash, Olympics gold 1972
1943 Sarah Dash, Trenton, New Jersey, rock vocalist, Patti LaBelle and Bluebirds
1940 Dash Crofts, Cisco, Texas, singer, Seals and Crofts-Summer Breeze
1938 Betty Cuthbert, Australia 100m/200m/400m dash, Olympics gold 1956, 64
1930 Stella Walsh sets record for the 220-yard dash (0:26.1)
1925 Shirley Strickland de la Hunty, Austria, 100m dash, Oly-bronze-1948
1925 Samuel Dash, American Lawyer
1920 Allen Woodring wins Oympic 200 m dash wearing borrowed shoes
1918 Fanny Blankers-Koen, Holland, 100m/200m dash, hurdler, Olym-gold-1948
1914 Mack Robinson, U.S., 200m dash 1932 Olympics silver
1890 John Owen is 1st man to run 100 yd dash in under 10 seconds
1890 1st 100 yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9-4/5 secs, Washington D.C.)
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