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1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race

1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans

1958 Phillipe Boccara, born in Le Mans, France, U.S. sprint kayak 1996 Olympics

1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France

1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues

1946 Keith Mans, born in England, politician, born Keith Douglas Rowland Mans, Member of Parliament for Wyre, educated at the RAF College Cranwell and the Open University

1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner

1944 U.S. 12 Army corp enters Le Mans through Orleans

1944 U.S. 79th/90th division enter Le Mans

1944 U.S. 15th Army corp occupies Le Mans

1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix

1939 David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times

1933 Belgian Working people's party accept Henry de Mans Plan of Labor

1923 1st Le Mans Grand Prix d'Endurance is run

1912 Jean Francaix, Le Mans France, composer, Naked King

1906 Hongar Szisz wins 1st Grand-Prix (Le Mans, France)

1858 Arnold Dolmetsch, Le Mans, musician

1517 Jacques Peletier, du Mans, French poet/scientist


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