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2008 Bronislaw Geremek, dies in Poland, in a car accident, at 76
2001 Ann Sothern, actress, ", My Mother, the Car, ", dies at 92 1999 Greg Moore, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series, fatally injured in violent car crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (763.035 mph) 1997 Andy Green's Jet-powered car reaches record 749.69 MPH 1997 Britain's Andy Green sets jet-powered car record (714 mph) 1997 Diana Spencer, princess of Wales, dies in car crash in Paris at 36 1997 Red Wings Vladimir Konstantinov and Slava Fetisov hurt in car crash 1997 Judy Flannery, master triathelete, killed by a car at 56 1997 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car Designer, dies at 82 1997 Graham Kersey, cricket wicket keeper, dies in car crash 1996 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver, dies at 37 1995 William Roerick, actor (Guiding Light), dies in car crash at 83 1995 Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed 1995 Car bomb explodes in Zakho, North-Iraq (54-80 killed) 1995 Car bomb explodes in Algiers, 42 killed/296 injured 1994 3 Seattle Seahawks injured in a car accident 1994 David Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, dies at 69 1994 Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 1994 Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 1994 Helena Manson, Venezuela/French actress (Nude in a White Car), dies at 94 1994 Poison singer Bret Michaels gets into a car crash 1994 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 1994 Jack Nicholson uses a golf club to attack a car 1994 Basel al-Assad, Syrian President Assad son, dies in car accident at 31 1993 Cliff Young, pitcher (Cleveland Indians), dies in car accident at 29 1993 F Murray Abraham released from hospital after car accident 1993 Alfred Manessier, French painter (glass-in-lead), dies in car crash at 81 1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 1993 Julio Gallo, wine maker (Gallo), dies in a car accident at 82 1993 1000 kg heavy IRA car bomb explodes in London, killing 1 1993 Divya Bharati, "Baby Doll" Indies actress (Diwana), dies in car at 19 1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 1993 Ferrucci Lamborghini, car maker (Lamborghini), dies at 76 1992 1st subway car completed to be exported from U.S. (to Taiwan) 1992 Jerome Brown, defensive tackle (Philadelphia Eagle), dies in car crash at 27 1992 Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29 1992 Ben Vereen suffers injuries when hit by a car 1992 Jilly Rizzo, restauranteur/friend of Frank Sinatra, dies in car at 75 1992 Robert F Clayton, drummer (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Robert Paul Haynes, bassist (Jody Grind), dies at 26 in a car crash 1992 Sam Kinison, loud mouth comedian, dies in a car crash at 38 1992 Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash 1992 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" closes at Music Box New York City 1992 Comedian Pat McCormick injured in a car accident 1991 Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33 1991 "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard" opens at Music Box New York City 1991 Reynold Abel Dorris, (Broken Cord), dies at 23 in car crash 1991 Dottie West, country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car 1991 Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race 1991 Lino Brocka, director (Macho Dancer, Jaguar), dies in car crash at 51 1991 Phillie Lenny Dykstra slams his sports car into 2 trees 1991 Jockey, Bill Shoemaker, paralyzed in a car accident 1989 Billy Martin, New York Yankee manager, killed in a car accident at 61 1989 Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS 1989 Last graffiti covered New York City subway car retired 1989 Mike Tyson strikes a parking attendant when asked to move his car 1989 Former baseball player and manager Leo Durocher injured in a car crash 1988 Mexican radio station erronously reports Mike Tyson dies in car crash 1988 Car bomb kills 7 Israelis, wounds 11 near Lebanon border 1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 1988 Carrie Baxter, Best Bodybuilder (1983-85), dies in car crash at 42 1988 David Prater, U.S. singer (Sam and Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 1988 Dave Prater, rocker (Sam and Dave), dies in a car crash at 50 1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 1986 Car bomb kills 20 in Tehran, Iran 1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph 1985 Little Richard seriously injured in a car accident 1985 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California 1985 4 die in a car and train crash in Buda Ill 1984 Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen loses his arm in a car crash 1984 Suicide car bomb attacks U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, kills 23 1984 June Preisser, dancer/actress (Babes in Arms), dies in car crash at 61 1984 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident 1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut 1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car 1982 $9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in New York City 1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted 1982 Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52 1982 Grace, Princess of Monaco, dies at 52 in a car crash 1982 Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die 1982 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident 1981 Harry Chapin, folk vocalist (Taxi), dies in car crash at 38 1980 Odile Versois, actress (Nude in a White Car, Young Lovers), dies 1980 Ringo and Barbara Bach are involved in a car crash 1980 Alf Sjoberg, dir (Fadern, Oen, Domaren), dies in a car crash at 76 1979 Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph 1979 Claudia Jennings, playmate (Nov, 1969), dies in car crash at 29 1979 Keith Godchaux, rocker (Grateful Dead), dies in a car accident at 31 1979 Ali Hassan Salameh, Abu Hassan, killed by car bomb; believed to have helped mastermind massacre of 1972 Munich Olympics athletes 1978 Chris Bell, rock guitarist (Big Star), dies at 27 in car crash 1977 Marc Bolan, rock vocalist and guitarist (T Rex), dies in a car crash at 29 1977 2 girls are killed by a runaway car outside of Graceland 1975 Ismail Erez, Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris 1975 Robert Plant is involved in a car crash in Rhodes 1975 Chrysler Corp offers 1st car rebates 1974 Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances 1974 Peter Revson, U.S. race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 1973 Heavy fog causes 65 car collision killing 9 on New Jersey Turnpike 1973 Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash 1973 Stevie Wonder involved in car crash, goes into a 4 day coma 1973 Clarence White, guitarist (Byrds), killed by a car 1972 Berry Oakley, U.S. rock bassist (Allman Bro), dies in car crash at 24 1972 Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on Moon 1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car" 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take 6 hour electric car ride on Moon 1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident 1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt 1970 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28 1969 Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3 1969 Edward Kennedy pleads guilty to leaving scene of an accident a week after the Chappaquiddick car accident that killed Mary Jo Kopechne 1969 Mary Jo Kopechne, in Ted Kennedy's car, drowns at 28 1969 John and Yoko are hospitalized after a car crash 1968 Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden 1968 Jim Clark, of Scotland, world driving champ, dies at 32 in race car 1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1967 Helen Flint, actress (Sea Devils), dies after being hit by a car at 69 1967 1st air conditioned New York City subway car (R-38 on the F line) 1967 Jayne Mansfield, actress (Female Jungle), dies in a car crash at 34 1967 Edward G Givens, Jr., Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47 1966 Johnny Kidd, rocker (Johnny Kidd and Pirates), dies at 26 in a car crash 1966 Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph) 1964 Tracy Chapman, U.S. singer and songwriter, Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car 1963 John Andretti, race car driver 1962 Ernie Kovacs, comedian, dies in a car crash in West LA, at 42 1961 "Car 54 Where are You?" premieres on TV 1961 Belinda Lee, actress (Joseph and his Brethren), dies in car crash at 25 1960 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 1960 Eddie Cochran, rocker, dies at 21 in a car crash 1960 Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash 1959 O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash 1959 Ford wins battle with Chrysler to call its new car "Falcon" 1959 Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver 1959 Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Tanya Tucker, Seminole, Texas, country singer and actress, Follow that Car 1958 Dutch auto-transmission car DAF 600 introduced 1957 Demolition begins on cable car barn at California and Hyde (SF) 1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 23 in car crash 1957 New York City ends trolley car service 1955 James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24 1955 Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France 1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues 1955 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' 1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51 1954 Derek Warwick, race car driver 1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash 1953 Lucinda Williams, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana, singer, songwriter, wrote Grammy-Award-winning song, 'Passionate Kisses', recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, successful album, 'Car Wheels on a Gravel Road', combined country, blues, rock, Americana genres 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington D.C. station 1952 Melanie Mayron, Philadelphia, actress, 30 Something, Car Wash, Missing 1951 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor (Porsche), dies at 75 1949 Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash 1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane 1947 Ettore Bugatti, Italian/French car manufacturer, dies 1946 1st "autobank" (banking by car) forms (Chicago) 1946 New York City transit begins using Pennsylvania system - Car # 744 on 8th Ave IND line 1946 Jack Johnson, 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident 1945 George S Patton, U.S. General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60 1945 Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car 1945 Pater Bleijs, Louis, resistance fighter, dies in car accident 1944 Aristide Maillol, French sculptor/graphic artist, dies in car crash at 82 1942 Jochen Rindt, German race car driver 1940 Goering orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses and ships 1939 Ghazi I, King of Iraq (19??-39), dies in car accident 1938 James Weldon Johnson, black leader (NAACP), dies in car crash at 67 1938 Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500 1938 Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 1937 Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1937 Bessie Smith, singer, dies of injuries sustained in car crash at 43 1936 Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver, world champ 1966 1936 Jim Clark, race car driver, Indianapolis 500 1935 Avery Schreiber, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedian, My Mother the Car 1934 John Surtees, British race car driver 1931 Hank Garrett, Monticello, New York, actor, Car 54 Where Are You 1931 Jerry Van Dyke, born in Danville, Illinois, actor, My Mother the Car, Coach 1931 Ivan Dixon, born in New York City, actor, Car Wash, Hogan's Heroes 1930 Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph) 1929 Stirling Moss, race car driver 1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 1928 Anthony C B Chapman, England, sports car builder/autoracer, Formula 1 1927 Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel 1927 Henry Ford stops producing Model T car (begins Model A) 1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in U.S., Pittsburgh 1926 Fred Gwynne, born in New York City, actor, Car 54 Where Are You, Munsters 1926 A Philip Randolph organizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925 Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organizes (Harlem New York) 1925 David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover 1924 Nipsey Russell, comedian, Car 54 Where Are You?, Barefoot in the Park 1923 Sully Boyar, New York City, actor, Car Wash 1920 Nipsey Russell, born in Atlanta, Georgia, comedian, Car 54, Barefoot in the Park 1920 1st commercial armored car introduced in St. Paul Minn 1914 "Professor" Irwin Corey, comedian, Car Wash 1914 Giuseppe 'Nuccio' Bertone, car designer 1913 Continuous moving assembly line introduced by Ford (car every 2:38) 1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City) 1912 "Professor" Irwin Corey, born in Brooklyn, New York, comedian, Car Wash, Doc 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) 1910 Irene Mayer Selznick, producer, Street Car Named Desire 1910 Chalmers Auto Co offers a new car to each leagues' batting champ 1909 1st subway car with side doors goes into service in New York City 1908 Henry Ford introduces Model T car 1908 Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock become 1st to travel across U.S. by car, they leave Los Angeles in a Packard and arrive in New York City in 32d-5h-25m 1906 Wim van Doorne, Dutch car manufacturer, DAF 1905 Frederick O'Neal, Brooksville Mississippi, actor, Car 54 Where Are You 1904 Woman arrested for smoking a cigarette in a car on 5th Avenue, New York City 1903 Ford Motor sells 1st Model A car 1902 Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40 1902 President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1901 1st use of "getaway car" occurs after holding up a shop in Paris 1900 Passing of Andrew Halliday, cable car pioneer 1900 An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hours 1898 Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena 1897 World's 1st car dealer opens in London 1896 1st car accident occurs, Henry Wells hit a bicyclist (New York City) 1895 George Selden patents 1st gasoline-driven car 1894 Workers in Pittsburgh strike Pullman sleeping car company 1894 American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co 1893 1st electric car (built in Toronto) could go 15 miles between charges 1893 Frank Duryea drives 1st U.S. made gas propelled vehicle (car) 1892 Homer A. Plessy refuses to go to segregated RR car (Plessy vs. Ferguson) 1889 1st permit issued to drive a car through Central Park (Curtis P Brady) 1886 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 1881 Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis 1878 Franklyn Farnum, actor, Cowboy and Bandit, Scarlet Car, Frontier Days 1878 California St. Cable Car RR Co starts service 1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise 1875 Ferdinand Porsche, German car inventor, Porsche, Volkswagen 1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler 1873 Regular Cable Car service begins on Clay Street 1873 1st trial run of San Francisco cable car, Clay Street between Kearny and Jones 1873 San Francisco's 1st cable car begins service 1871 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) 1868 Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit 1867 Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland 1859 1st Pullman sleeping car in service 1854 Henry Meyer patents sleeping rail car 1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 1836 Andrew S. Hallidie, inventor, cable car 1831 George M. Pullman, inventor of the railway sleeping car 1785 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist, electric car 1835 |
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