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1995 Edgar Martinez drives home tying and winning runs to rally Mariners to 6-5 win in bottom of 11th to beat Yankees and win AL Division Series

1989 Lawrence Delisle drives his 4 kids into river

1989 Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"

1987 Saul Ballesteros drives 3 golf balls off Mount McKinley, Alaska

1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April

1978 Joie Chitwood drives a Chevette 5.6 miles on just 2 wheels

1976 Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat and drives in his 2,297th run

1976 Syria drives Palestinian guerrillas out of Lebanon

1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber

1970 Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania

1961 Roland Gift, UK, rocker, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy

1956 Andy Cox, rock guitarist, Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy

1954 Syrian army drives out president Adib el-Shishakli

1941 Russian anti offensive in Moscow drives out nazi army

1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats

1938 King Carol II of Romania drives out dictator Goga

1932 Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona

1929 Mohammed Nadir Khan occupies Kabul Afghanistan/drives out H Ghazi

1918 Russian 10th Army drives out White armies of Tsaritsyn (Stalingrad)

1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds

1895 Battle at Amba Alagi: Ethiopian emperor Menelik II drives Italian general Baratieri's out

1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car)

1886 In Germany, Karl Benz drives 1st automobile

1881 Levi P. Morton, U.S. ambas to France drives 1st rivet in Stat of Liberty

1831 Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army

1783 Tippu Sahib drives out English from Bednore India

1659 General-major John Lambert drives out English Rump-govt

1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp

1552 Siena drives Spanish troops out of Verdun

1524 Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan

1195 Alexius III Angelus drives out brother Isaak II as Byzantine emperor

350 General Maxentius drives out Western Roman emperor Constans


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