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2012 Event - A letter written by Manal al Sharif, and signed by hundreds, urges Saudi King Abdullah to give women the right to drive

2000 Death - Benjamin Orr, singer/guitarist, Drive, dies at 53

1996 Death - Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25

1993 Death - Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32

1984 Event - "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3

1983 Event - Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs

1982 Event - 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO

1977 Event - Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van

1977 Event - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500

1974 Birthday - Michael Manasseri, actor, License to Drive

1971 Birthday - Corey Haim, Toronto, actor, Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive

1971 Event - Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon

1971 Birthday - Corey Feldman, born in Encino, California, actor, License to Drive, Stand by Me

1968 Birthday - Naomi Watts, born in Shoreham, England, British-Australian actress, films include 'Mulholland Drive', 'King Kong'

1965 Event - Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters

1964 Birthday - Cam Emerson, Hamilton Ont, Canadian golfer, 1989 Canadian Long Drive

1960 Death - Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65

1957 Event - Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald

1955 Event - Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th

1954 Event - Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive

1951 Event - Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica

1950 Event - U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south

1949 Event - Philadelphia fans cause A's to forfeit game when they riot over a trapped line drive by Rich Ashburn, Giants leading 4-2 in 9th declared winners

1948 Birthday - Michael Bruce, rocker and actor, Rudy-Rainbow Drive

1948 Birthday - Shakin' Stevens, Mike Barrett, Wales, rocker, You Drive Me Crazy

1947 Event - General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews

1943 Event - Tin Can Drive Day

1941 Event - Germany's drive to take Moscow halted

1937 Event - Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive

1932 Birthday - David Scott, born in San Antonio, Texas, astronaut, commander of Apollo 15 mission, seventh person to walk on the Moon, first person to drive on the Moon

1914 Event - Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL

1900 Event - A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles

1898 Event - American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba

1897 Event - 1st electric taxi's drive in London

1894 Birthday - Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off

1889 Event - 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady)

1885 Event - Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses

1878 Event - 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram

1863 Event - Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia

1861 Birthday - Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907

1801 Event - British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt

1793 Event - Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery

1746 Event - Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies

1664 Event - 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston

1572 Event - Beggars assault Oisterwijk, Netherlands, drive nuns out













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