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2013 Event - In racing, Danica Patrick becomes the first woman at the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to win pole position

2011 Event - With an unbeaten run of 14 wins, Australian mare Black Caviar ties the horse racing record for consecutive victories set by Phar Lap

2011 Event - At the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Danedream wins with a record racing speed of 2:24.49, the second German horse to win since 1975

1997 Death - Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72

1997 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away

1996 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine

1996 Death - Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver, dies at 37

1995 Event - "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 48 performances

1995 Death - Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60

1995 Event - "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances

1995 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song

1995 Death - Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33

1995 Death - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84

1995 Death - Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84

1994 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country

1994 Death - Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91

1994 Death - 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 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont

1993 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter

1992 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park

1991 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou

1991 Event - Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history

1990 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled

1990 Event - David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London

1989 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence

1989 Death - Bert Oosterbosch, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer, dies at age 32, of acute cardiac arrest

1989 Event - Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York

1989 Event - Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York

1988 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs

1988 Event - Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45

1987 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood

1987 Event - "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52)

1986 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita

1985 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct

1985 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge

1984 Event - Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood

1984 Event - Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ

1984 Event - Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500)

1974 Event - Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later

1968 Birthday - Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion

1964 Birthday - Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990

1964 Birthday - Nicolas Cage, actor, Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon

1963 Birthday - John Andretti, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, race car driver, winner, CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters NASCAR stock racing and endurance racing

1960 Birthday - Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010

1960 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins

1959 Birthday - Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver

1958 Birthday - Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver

1957 Birthday - Bert Oosterbosch, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer

1955 Event - Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing

1955 Event - Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France

1955 Birthday - Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy'

1951 Event - Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle

1944 Birthday - Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991

1942 Event - Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago

1940 Birthday - Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer

1937 Birthday - Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric

1934 Birthday - Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist

1932 Event - Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race

1929 Birthday - Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ

1926 Event - International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida)

1925 Birthday - Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist

1918 Birthday - Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator

1916 Birthday - Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns

1911 Birthday - Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver

1910 Birthday - Richard Baerlein, racing writer

1907 Birthday - Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame

1903 Birthday - Kay Petre, early racing driver

1901 Event - Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th

1898 Birthday - Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena

1894 Event - Daily Racing Form founded

1894 Event - J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate

1831 Event - "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)

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