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2000 Benjamin Orr, singer/guitarist, Drive, dies at 53
1996 Tupac Shakur, rap star/actor (Juice, Bullet), killed in drive by at 25 1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 1984 "Drive" by Cars peaks at #3 1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs 1982 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO 1977 Psychic Romark attempts to drive blindfolded, smashed into cop van 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 1974 Michael Manasseri, actor, License to Drive 1971 Corey Haim, Toronto, actor, Silver Bullet, Lucas, License to Drive 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon 1971 Corey Feldman, born in Encino, California, actor, License to Drive, Stand by Me 1968 Naomi Watts, born in Shoreham, England, British-Australian actress, films include 'Mulholland Drive', 'King Kong' 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. begins a drive to register black voters 1964 Cam Emerson, Hamilton Ont, Canadian golfer, 1989 Canadian Long Drive 1960 Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 1957 Indians' pitcher Herb Score is hit by a line drive off Gil McDougald 1955 Oldest man to drive in the Grand Prix (aged 55) finishes 6th 1954 Willie Mays famous over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' 460' drive 1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica 1950 U.N. lands at Inchon to drive North Korean troops out of the south 1949 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 Michael Bruce, rocker and actor, Rudy-Rainbow Drive 1948 Shakin' Stevens, Mike Barrett, Wales, rocker, You Drive Me Crazy 1947 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews 1943 Tin Can Drive Day 1941 Germany's drive to take Moscow halted 1937 Josh Gibson home run just 2 feet below rim of Yankee Stadium, 580' drive 1932 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 Boston Braves begin drive from last to 1st place in NL 1900 A German engineer patents front-wheel drive for automobiles 1898 American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 1897 1st electric taxi's drive in London 1894 Sammy White, Rhode Island, actor, 711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off 1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady) 1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses 1878 1st Dutch test drive of steam tram 1863 Battle of Aldie, Confederates fail to drive back Union in Virginia 1861 Emily Perkins Bissell, welfare worker, 1st christmas seal drive, 1907 1801 British drive French forces from Abukir, Egypt 1793 Dutch Prince Willem V establishes 2 brigades Drive Artillery 1746 Battle at Rocourt: French drive out English/Austria/Netherlands armies 1664 4 British ships to drive Dutch out of New York, arrive in Boston 1572 Beggars assault Oisterwijk, Netherlands, drive nuns out |
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