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1992 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park

1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26

1992 Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500

1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH)

1987 Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500

1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH

1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin

1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds

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

1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy

1958 Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Colombia, Indy racer, Rookie of Year 1984

1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500

1954 Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51

1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins

1935 A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver, Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77

1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80

1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy

1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500

1904 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres

1903 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel

1902 Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40

1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel

1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels

1888 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres

1885 Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres

1851 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d'Indy, born in Paris, comp, Symphonie Cevenole



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