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2012 Event - The Formula One Belgian Grand Prix held at Spa-Francorchamps, is won by 32 year-old Jenson Button

2011 Event - Germany's Sebastian Vettel becomes the youngest driver to win the Formula One World Championship twice

2003 Death - Barry Sheene, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix, dies of esophagus and stomach cancer

1994 Death - Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994

1991 Event - Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)

1987 Event - Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race

1986 Event - Bob Hering sets Formula One power boat record (165.338 mph, Ariz)

1985 Event - Coca-Cola Co announces it will resume selling old formula Coke

1985 Event - Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula

1985 Event - Coca-Cola announced it is changing its secret flavor formula

1982 Death - Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54

1973 Event - Jackie Stewart becomes Formula 1 world champion

1968 Birthday - Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion

1960 Birthday - Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival

1956 Birthday - Jonathan Palmer, born in London, England, professional racecar driver, entrepreneur, Formula Championship winner, CEO, MotorSport Vision

1952 Birthday - Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ, 1981, '83, '87

1950 Birthday - Barry Sheene, born in London, England, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix

1949 Birthday - Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84

1936 Birthday - Jim Clark, Formula 1 racer, 1963 champ

1928 Birthday - Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1

1916 Event - Coca-Cola brings current coke formula to the market

1868 Death - Julius Plucker, German mathematician/physicist (formula of P), dies

1770 Death - James Stirling, Scottish mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78













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