2014 Event Google reveals its self-driving car today; the prototype can drive 25 miles per hour and safely respond to a variety of situations; it should be road-ready sometime after 2016; Ford, Tesla and other firms are also working on self-driving technology 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
