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1998 Indianapolis 500 race
1998 Daytona 500 race 1997 Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race 1997 Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race 1997 Indianapolis 500 race 1996 San Diego Padres sweep Los Angeles Dodgers in race for NL West title 1996 Indianapolis 500 race 1996 Daytona 500 race 1995 Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1995 Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1995 America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race 1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 1994 Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 1994 Howard Stern drops out of New York gubernatorial race 1994 Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994 1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 1992 Ross Perot re-enters presidental race 1992 USA/U.S.S.R. Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica 1992 Round World Air Race begins in Paris 1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) 1991 Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history 1991 Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race 1991 Supreme Court rules jurors can't be barred from serving due to race 1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd 1990 Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race 1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS 1989 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) 1988 Jim Elliott (U.S.) completes 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Jim Elliott (U.S.) begins 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi 1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York 1988 Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) 1987 Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race 1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 1987 Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF and Harley Race for trademark name "king" 1987 Gary Hart quits democratic presidential race due to Donna Rice affair 1987 Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race 1986 150 killed during race riot in Karachi 1986 Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race 1986 1st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita 1986 Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16) 1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38 degrees F (3 degrees C), Indiana 1985 Race riot in Birmingham England 1985 Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race 1985 Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race 1984 Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-U.S. winner) 1983 U.S. District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination 1983 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race 1983 Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race 1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race 1982 Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm 1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery 1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash 1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton 1981 Race riots in London's Brixton area 1980 Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured 1977 Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die 1976 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing" 1974 Peter Revson, U.S. race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 1973 Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1973 10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, California, beating a field of 1,500 runners 1973 Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ 1973 Harley Race beats Dory Funk, Jr. in Kansas City, to become NWA champ 1973 Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race 1972 Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1972 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk 1972 Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship 1972 Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race 1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race 1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (New York City) 1970 Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida 1970 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28 1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut 1970 Fabio Casartelli, born in Como, Italy, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race 1970 100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park, New Jersey 1970 Race riots in Miami, Florida 1970 Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) 1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown, 1973 1969 Richard Dickson Reid, New Zealand, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1969 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida 1969 France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1969 Alina Ivanova, born in Ukraine, race walker, indoor 3K world record 1969 White Rhodesia agrees to race separation 1969 Race riot in Hartford Connecticut 1968 Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1968 Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1968 Race riot in Miami, Chicago and Little Rock 1968 Race riot in Miami, Florida 1968 Race Riot in Gary, Indiana 1968 Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 cops killed 1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 1967 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) 1967 Race riots in Cambridge Maryland 1967 Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game 1967 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) 1967 Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee 1967 Race riots in Durham, North Carolina 1967 Race riots in Cairo, Illinois 1967 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die 1967 23 die in Newark race riot 1967 Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested) 1967 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio, 300 arrested 1967 Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes 1967 Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston 1966 Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies 1966 Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois 1966 Race riot in Lansing, Michigan 1966 Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, race riot 1966 Race riot in Chicago 1966 Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska 1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph) 1965 Brian Walton, Ottawa Ontario, points race cyclist, 1996 Olympics silver 1965 Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt New Zealand, points race cyclist 1996 Olympics 1964 Race riot in Jersey City, New Jersey 1964 Race riot in Rochester, New York 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1964 Alex Solis, born in Panama City, Panama, jockey, in the Calder Race Course Hall of Fame, over 4,500 career wins 1963 Race riot in Birmingham Alabama 1963 John Andretti, race car driver 1963 Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1963 Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59) 1962 Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (U.S. wins) 1962 Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school 1962 U.S. Supreme Court disallows race separation on public transportation 1960 Race riot in Jacksonville Florida 1960 Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1959 Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse 1958 Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater, 11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86 1958 Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London 1958 Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2 years in Little Rock 1957 South Africa government approves race separation in universities 1956 U.S. Methodist church disallows race separation 1956 U.S. Supreme Court ends race segregation on buses 1955 Race segregation forbidden on trains and buses between U.S. states 1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues 1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree and breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race 1954 Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51 1954 Derek Warwick, race car driver 1954 Philippe Alliot, race driver, grand prix 1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th 1954 Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) 1951 1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) 1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run 1949 Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California 1949 1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) 1949 Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die 1948 Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63 1948 84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie 1947 Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) 1946 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on buses, unconstitutional 1946 2 killed and 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia, Tennessee 1945 New York is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race and creed in employment 1945 Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) 1945 Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race, 6-time winner 1944 Race riots in Athens Alabama 1944 Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race 1943 Race riot in Harlem New York City 1943 Detroit race riot kills 35 1942 "Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations 1942 Race riots in Harlem, New York 1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens 1942 Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver 1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1941 Sven Hamrin, born in Sweden, road race cycler, 1964 Olympics bronze 1941 Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) 1940 Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Washington Senators, loses Maryland congressional race 1940 Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race and Crime), suicide at 63 1940 Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race 1938 Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico 1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 1937 Richard Petty, auto race driver, Daytona 500-1979,81 1936 H. R. Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18 days 1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, world champ 1966 1936 Jim Clark, race car driver, Indianapolis 500 1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla 1935 A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver, Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77 1934 "Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race 1934 John Surtees, British race car driver 1932 1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, New York (demonstration sport) 1932 Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race 1931 Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's 1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering 1930 Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph) 1929 Stirling Moss, race car driver 1929 New York to San Francisco foot race ends (2 months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde 1929 Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds 1928 Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia 1928 "Bunion Run" race from Los Angeles to New York City begins; It is won by Andy Payne 1927 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 1922 1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland 1921 Race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 61 people killed 1920 Man O'War's last race and win 1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California 1919 14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money 1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas 1919 1st transcontinental air race ends 1919 Chicago race riot, 15 whites and 23 blacks killed, 500 injured 1919 Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded) 1919 Race riots in Longview and Gregg counties Texas 1919 Race riot in Charleston, South Carolina, 2 blacks killed 1918 Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites and 1 black killed) 1918 Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks and 2 whites killed) 1917 Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks and 11 whites killed) 1917 Silent Parade in New York City to protest murders of blacks in race riots 1917 Race riots in East St. Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) 1917 Race riot in East St. Louis Illinois, 1 black killed 1917 Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) 1914 1st U.S. motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) 1913 Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller 1912 1st running of San Francisco's famed "Bay to Breakers" race, 7.63 miles / 12.3 km 1911 Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run 1910 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st U.S. auto speedway) 1910 An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer, Skating Race 1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1909 Indianapolis 500 race track opens 1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds 1909 Moran and MacFarland (U.S.) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) 1908 Allen Winter wins U.S. 1st $50,000 trotting race 1908 Race riot in Springfield Illinois 1908 Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris 1908 New York to Paris auto race (via Alaska and Siberia) begins in New York City George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel 1907 Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) 1905 1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) 1904 1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, New York) 1903 1st Tour de France bicycle race begins 1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens 1903 New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced 1902 Geo Lefevre and Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race 1902 Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40 1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1901 Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th 1900 Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed 1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York 1899 Jacques Audiberti, French poet, Race of Men 1899 1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in U.S. begins, MSG, New York City 1898 Race riot in Wilmington North Carolina (8 blacks killed) 1898 George van Derton, Belgian racer, won 500 race 1897 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) 1896 1st closed-circuit auto race, at Cranston, RI 1896 A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island 1896 Bay District Race Track closes 1896 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY 1896 U.S. Supreme Court affirms race separation (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1896 1st U.S. women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden 1895 America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH 1895 Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) 1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood 1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) ends 1891 1st International 6 day bike race (New York MSG) begins 1891 1st international 6-day bicycle race in U.S. (MSG, New York City) begins 1887 Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted 1883 NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race 1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) 1882 With 120 miles James Saunders wins New York City's 24 hour race and $100 prize 1882 New York City's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours 1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis 1878 CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston 1878 U.S. Supreme Court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional 1877 University boat race between Oxford and Cambridge ends in a dead heat 1876 Race riot at Cainhoy South Carolina (5 whites and 1 black killed) 1876 Race riot in Charleston SC 1876 Willem A Bonger, Dutch sociologist/criminologist, Race and Crime 1874 Kincsem, horse that never lost a race 1873 Bay District Race Track opens 1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore 1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 1869 Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) 1869 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard) 1868 Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris 1866 1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean 1866 Race riot in New Orleans 1855 Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist 1852 1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide 1831 John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track 1827 Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada) 1809 1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England 1776 St. Leger horse race run for 1st time 1716 1st sculling race (London Bridge to Chelsea) 1716 Waterman's race on Thames 1st rowed 1668 1st horse race in America takes place 1661 1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James 1540 The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) |
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