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1996 Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34
1995 John Britten, motorcycle Designer, dies at 45 1989 Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slaping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman 1988 Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 1978 Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph 1977 Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris 1974 Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 1971 Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 1967 Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles 1966 Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York 1966 Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1956 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 1942 Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1938 Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon 1935 Thomas E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, dies in a motorcycle crash 1928 Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1914 1st U.S. motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) 1903 George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 1903 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Francisco (George Wymann) 1903 George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US 1900 Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65 1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York 1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) 1885 Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1854 Dugald Clerk, inventor, 2-stroke motorcycle engine 1834 Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle |
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