1995 Marc Velzeboer skates world record 3 km short track (5:00.26)
1995 1st New York City Mayor Trophy's High school track meet in 19 years
1992 Wim Ramaker, Dutch director/writer (On Death Track), dies
1992 Maurice J Hill, writer (Track of Thunder), dies of pneumonia at 89
1989 Amateur Athletic Fed strips Ben Johnson of all track records
1988 Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, New York
1986 Kathy Ormsby, a 21-year-old member of North Carolina State track team jumps off a bridge permanently paralyzing herself
1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
1983 1st World Track and Field Championships
1982 Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36
1977 Tony Goskowicz, born in Wauwautosa, Wisconsin, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1977 Elevated train jumps track, crashes onto a Chicago Street (11 die, 200 hurt)
1976 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1973 Professional track debut of Kip Keino defeating Jim Ryun in the mile
1971 Amy Peterson, Maplewood, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1969 Barbara Jo Rubin becomes 1st female jockey to win at a major U.S. track
1968 Randy Bartz, Roseville, Minnesota, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1968 John Coyle, West Bloomfield, Michigan, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1967 Eric Flaim, Pembroke Massachusetts, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1966 Zola Budd Pieterse, Bloemfontein South Africa, track star 1988 Olympics
1964 Andy Gabel, born in Chicago, Illinois, short track skater 1994 Olympics
1962 Jan[ice] Merrill, track star, U.S. record long distance holder 1979
1962 Cathy Turner, born in Rochester, New York, short track skater 1994 Olympics gold
1961 Mark McKoy, Canadian track star, world record 50m indoor
1958 Mary Decker Tabb Slaney, New Jersey, olympic track star, mile record 4:16.71
1956 Johnny Heckmann rides 7 winners at Chicago Hawthorne Horse track
1955 Track and Field names Jesse Owens all-time track athelete
1952 Francie Larrieu Smith, U.S., 1.5/3/10K track runner, AAU 1 mile-1979
1950 Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run
1947 Syanley "Buckwheat" Dural, Jr., U.S. accordionist, On Track
1945 John Carlos, track star, Olympic bronze 1968, ; gave black power salute
1943 Sweden's Gunther Hagg beats favorite Greg Rice by 35 yards in 5,000m at national AAU track and field championship in NY
1942 Malvin Whitfield, Bay City, Texas, track star, Oly-3 gold/silv/br-48, 52
1942 Doris Brown-Heritage, U.S., 800m track star, 1968 Olympics gold
1942 1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens
1940 1st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, New York City
1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla
1934 Jim Beatty, track runner, 1st sub 4 minute indoor mile
1931 Reno race track, becomes 1st in U.S. to use daily double wagering
1931 Program for woman athletes approved for 1932 Olympics track and field
1928 Ray Barbuti saves U.S. team from defeat in Amsterdam Olympics track events by winning 400 m (47.8 sec)
1928 Alvin C Kraenzlein, track star (Olympic-4 gold-1900), dies at 51
1927 "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City)
1924 Charles Paddock captures 100 and 200 yd AAU national senior outdoor track and field championships
1923 Aleksandra Chudina, U.S.S.R., track jumper, Olympic-2 silver-1952
1921 Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st woman track and field assn)
1920 1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track in Emeryville, California
1913 Jesse Owens, track star, Olympics - 4 gold medals
1909 Indianapolis 500 race track opens
1903 Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens
1896 A. H. Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a track in Cranston, Rhode Island
1896 Bay District Race Track closes
1893 San Francisco Bay City Club opens 1st U.S. bicycle race track, made of wood
1879 Thomas Ray becomes youngest to break a world track and field record pole-vaulting 11' 2" at age 17 years and 198 days
1876 1st U.S. intercollegiate track meet held, Saratoga, New York; Princeton wins
1873 Bay District Race Track opens
1868 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City)
1864 1st track meet between Oxford and Cambridge
1863 Congress authorizes track width of 4'8" for Union Pacific Railroad
1860 Workmen start laying track for Market Street Railroad, San Francisco
1858 Laurence "Lon" Myers, U.S., track star, top U.S. miler
1839 1st Canadian track and field meet held (Caer Howell Grounds)
1831 John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track (Stockton-Darlington)
1809 1st practical U.S. railroad track (wooden, for horse-drawn cars), Phila
1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35
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