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1999 Death - Greg Moore, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series, fatally injured in violent car crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale

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

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

1992 Event - Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500

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

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

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

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

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

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

1975 Birthday - Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series

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

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

1955 Death - "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500

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

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

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

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

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

1909 Birthday - Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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













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