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Racetrack

1976 New Jersey Meadowlands racetrack opens 1973 Otto Kerner, former governor of Illinois, convicted for his role in an illegal racetrack scheme 1969 Diane Crump becomes 1st woman jockey at a major U.S. racetrack (Hialeah) 1955 2 killed, many dazed when lightning strikes Ascott racetrack, England 1932 1st totalisator (to record racetrack bets) in U.S. installed, Hialeah 1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY 1887 Racetrack betting becomes legal in New York state 1863 Saratoga Racetrack, New York, opens

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