2015 Event Joey Logano wins the Daytona 500; Jeff Gordon starts out strong in his final Daytona 500 race, but loses his lead and his chance at a fourth victory after getting caught in a wreck 2014 Event A shipwreck off of Haiti may be that of the Santa Maria, one of the three ships led by Christopher Columbus; the wreck was discovered about 10 years ago, but has only now been tentatively identified in light of Columbus' writings and other evidence 2011 Event A team of divers discover the wreck of a Swedish warship, possibly Mars, the head of king Erik XIV's fleet which sank in the Baltic Sea in 1564 2010 Event The Deepwater Horizon drilling rig that exploded off the coast of Louisiana two days ago, sinks; the wreck is leading crude oil and diesel at an alarming rate 1985 Event Divers find wreck of Spanish galleon Atocha 1958 Event Dodger catcher Roy Campanella is paralyzed in an automobile wreck 1939 Event 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany 1939 Event 99 die in 2nd wreck at Friedrichshafen Germany 1918 Event 101 killed and 171 injured in worst U.S. train wreck, Nashville, Tennessee 1902 Event John McGraw, accused by Ban Johnson of trying to wreck Baltimore and Washington clubs, negotiates his release from the Orioles 1900 Death John Luther (Casey) Jones, dies in Cannonball Express train wreck 1891 Birthday Foppe G Scheltema, Dutch lawyer, wreck laws
