2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 1978 Event Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph 1973 Birthday Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen 1956 Event 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 1940 Birthday Jerry Lambert, jockey, rode Native Diver 1937 Death Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist, dies at 66 1870 Birthday Helge Rode, Danish poet/essayist 1832 Event 1st streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in New York City; fare 12 cents rode on 4th Avenue between Prince and 14th Streets 1830 Death Pierre Rode, composer, dies at 56 1777 Event Sybil Ludington, 16, rode from New York to Ct rallying her fathers militia 1774 Birthday Pierre Rode, composer 1678 Event Lady Godiva rode naked through Coventry in a protest of taxes
