2003 Willie Shoemaker, jockey, dies at 72
1997 Eddie Arcaro, jockey (won 2 Triple Crowns), dies at 81
1996 Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey, dies at 72
1996 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76
1995 Stuart Henry, disc jockey, dies at 53
1995 Wolfman Jack, disc jockey (Midnight Special), dies at 57
1995 Kenny Everett, disc Jockey, dies at 50
1992 Jockey Angel Cordero retires after winning over 7,000 horse races
1991 Angel Cordero is 3rd jockey to win 7,000 horse races
1991 Mary Bacon, jockey, dying of cancer, commits suicide by gun at 43
1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident
1991 Gary Gears, Chicago disk jockey, dies at 46 of a heart attack
1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race
1989 Jockey Kent Desormeaux sets record with 598 wins in a year
1989 5th jockey to win 6,000 races (Jorge Valesquez)
1989 Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
1989 Jockey Chris Antley begins record of 64 consecutive winning days
1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York
1988 Julie Krone becomes winningest female jockey (1205 victories)
1987 1st jockey to win 9 races in 1 day (Chris Antley at Belmont)
1987 Angel Cordero, Jr. becomes 4th jockey to win 6,000 races
1985 Angel Cordero becomes 3rd jockey to ride horses earning over $100 M
1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million
1985 Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million
1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey
1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race
1973 Sandy Hawley becomes 1st jockey to win 500 races in 1 year
1973 Walter Blum becomes 6th jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1973 Mark Larsen, jockey
1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race
1971 Richard Castillo, jockey
1971 Robbie Pratt, jockey
1970 Jockey Willie Shoemaker passes Johnny Longden with his 6,033 win
1970 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)
1969 Francisco Torres, jockey
1969 Fernando Valenzula, jockey
1969 Paul Atkinson, jockey
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win at Aqueduct
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track
1969 Diana Crump becomes 1st U.S. woman jockey to ride against men, Hialelah
1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah)
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st woman jockey to win in North America
1968 Omar Berlo, jockey
1968 Earl Sande, U.S. jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69
1967 Curt Bourque, jockey
1967 Chin Yang, jockey
1967 Danny Gonzales, jockey
1966 Oscar Caballos, jockey
1966 Tommy Turner, jockey
1966 Jockey Johnny Longden retires after 40 years (6,032 wins)
1965 Casey Lambert, jockey
1965 Joe Durigon, jockey
1965 Reina Olea, female jockey
1965 Tim Camargo, jockey
1965 Richard Dunwoody, British jockey
1964 Felipe Martinez, jockey
1964 Shannon Ritter, jockey
1964 David Daniel, jockey
1964 David Lidberg, jockey
1964 Alex Solls, jockey
1964 Ron Warren, Jr., jockey, Bay Meadows
1964 Richard Migliore, jockey
1963 Julie Krone, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, jockey, 1st female to win Belmont-93
1963 Martin Meza, jockey
1963 Pablo Magallon, jockey
1963 Omar Londono, jockey
1963 Eddie Martin, Jr., jockey
1963 Don Simington, jockey
1962 J C Estrada, jockey
1962 Bill Hartack becomes 8th jockey to win 3,000 horse races
1962 Ken Tohill, jockey
1962 Sid Fenech, jockey
1962 Nancy Hogshead, born in Iowa City, swimmer 1984 Olympics gold /model, jockey
1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1961 Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981
1961 Steven Cauthen, jockey, 1978 Kentucky Derby-Affirmed
1961 John Melendez, jockey
1960 Scott Stevens, jockey
1960 David Guillory, jockey
1960 Dale Baze, jockey
1959 Joe Deegan, jockey
1959 Hoogie Drexler, jockey
1959 Kim Hiett, jockey
1959 Vince Guerra, jockey
1958 Willie Shoemaker 1st jockey to win national riding championship 4X
1958 Joy Scott, jockey
1958 Jockey Eddie Arcaro rides his 4,000th winner
1957 Larry Saumell, jockey
1957 Randy Romero, Garden City, New York, jockey, Breeder's Cup 1987-89
1957 Nick Santagata, jockey
1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory
1957 Jockey Ted Atkinson, 3,500th win
1956 Julio Pezua, jockey
1956 Jeff Lloyd, jockey
1956 Jesus Bazan, jockey
1955 E Arcaro, E Sande and G Woolf 1st inductees in Jockey hall of fame
1954 Mike Eruzione, Winthrop Massachusetts, jockey player, Olympics gold 1980
1954 Sir Gordon Richards retires as a jockey with record 4,870 wins
1954 Ralph D'Amico, jockey
1954 Michael Roberts, jockey
1952 John Francome, English jockey
1952 Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
1951 Breyson Cooper, jockey
1950 Ramon Guzman, jockey
1950 Pablo Castillo, jockey
1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California
1949 Paul Gambaccini, British disc jockey
1948 Jorge Velasquez, jockey, Kentucky Derby-1981, Preakness-1981
1948 Bob Champion, horse trainer/jockey
1947 Earlie Fires, jockey, Hialeah Park
1947 Tomas Hinojosa, jockey
1946 Laffit Pincay, Jr., jockey, Ky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982-84, Swale
1945 Jim Palmer, New York City, Oriole pitcher/sportscaster/jockey underwear salesman
1944 Robyn Smith Astaire, jockey/wife of Fred Astaire
1943 Bruce Raymond, jockey
1942 Larry Snyder, jockey
1942 Stuart Henry, British disc jockey
1941 1st woman jockey in North America, Anna Lee Wiley in Mexico
1941 Tommy Carberry, jockey
1941 Carlos Lopez, jockey
1940 Jerry Lambert, jockey, rode Native Diver
1940 Don Imus, radio disc jockey, WNBC
1940 Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer
1937 Stan Mellor, British racehorse trainer and jockey
1936 Gary Owens, Mitchell, South Dakota, disc jockey/TV host, Laugh, Indiana, Gong Show
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1935 Lester Piggott, British jockey, 11 time champ
1931 Willie Shoemaker, jockey, won 8,833 of 40,350 starts
1930 Joseph Sylvester becomes 1st jockey to win 7 races in 1 day
1928 Brian Matthew, British disc jockey
1924 Peter Aldersley, actor/disc jockey
1920 Dick Francis, Wales, jockey/detective writer, Whip Hand, High Stakes
1920 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
1918 Stands at Hong Kong Jockey Club collapse and burn, killing 604
1916 Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns
1907 Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame
1904 Gordon Richards, British jockey, winner of 4,870 races
1898 Earl Sande, jockey, Hall of Famer
1896 Isaac Murphy, jockey, 628 wins on 1,412 mounts (44.5%), dies at 35
1886 Frederick J "Fred" Archer, English jockey, commits suicide at 29
1874 James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style
1861 Isaac Murphy, U.S. jockey, won 628 races
1857 Fred[erick J] Archer, English jockey, won 5 Derbys
1853 August Belmont, Jr., breeder, Man 'O War, /founder, New York Jockey Club
1804 Alice Meynell becomes 1st woman jockey (England)
1734 1st Jockey Club forms in South Carolina
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