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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 Federation 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, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1964 Andy Gabel, born in Chicago, Illinois, short track skater 1994 Olympics 1964 Yvonne Murray, born in Musselburgh, Scottish track, running athlete, won Olympic bronze medal, 3000m, Seoul, 1988 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 1953 Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet 1952 Francie Larrieu Smith, U.S., 1.5/3/10K track runner, AAU 1 mile-1979 1950 1st use of TV laugh track - Hank McCune 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, 1948, 1952 Olympics 1942 Doris Brown-Heritage, U.S., 800m track star, Gold Medal 1968 Olympics 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 association) 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. 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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), Philadelphia 1311 Gwijde van Names, Flemish marshal (Golden Track), dies at 35 |
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