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2012 Event - Camelot the horse, wins the Epsom Derby, the fourth Classic win for trainer Aidan O'Brien

1999 Event - 125th Kentucky Derby

1998 Event - 124th Kentucky Derby

1997 Death - Joanie Weston, roller derby queen with the Bay Bombers, dies at 61

1997 Event - 123rd Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens aboard Silver Charm wins in 2:02.3

1996 Event - 122nd Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Grindstone wins in 2:01

1995 Event - 121st Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Thunder Gulch wins in 2:01.2

1995 Death - Robert Turner, winner of 1st All-American Soap Box Derby, dies at 72

1994 Death - Peter Graves, English actor (Derby Day/Admirable Crichton), dies at 82

1994 Event - 120th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron on Go For Gin wins in 2:03.6

1993 Event - 119th Kentucky Derby: Jerry Bailey aboard Sea Hero wins in 2:02.4

1992 Event - 118th Kentucky Derby: Pat Day aboard Lil E Tee wins in 2:03

1991 Event - Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy

1991 Event - 117th Kentucky Derby: Chris Antley aboard Strike the Gold wins in 2:03

1990 Event - 116th Kentucky Derby: Craig Perret aboard Unbridled wins in 2:02

1989 Event - 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05

1988 Event - 114th Kentucky Derby: Gary Stevens on Winning Colors wins in 2:02.2

1987 Event - 113th Kentucky Derby: Chris McCarron aboard Alysheba wins in 2:03.4

1986 Event - 112th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Ferdinand wins in 2:02.8

1985 Event - 111th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Spend A Buck wins 2:00.2

1984 Death - Swale, Kentucky Derby winner, collapses and dies

1984 Event - 110th Kentucky Derby: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Swale wins in 2:02.4

1983 Event - 109th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Sunny's Halo wins in 2:02.2

1982 Event - 108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4

1981 Event - 107th Kentucky Derby: Jorge Velasquez on Pleasant Colony wins in 2:02

1980 Event - 106th Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Genuine Risk wins in 2:02

1979 Event - 200th running of horse's Derby in England

1979 Event - 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4

1978 Event - 104th Kentucky Derby: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:01.2

1977 Event - 103rd Kentucky Derby: Jean Cruguet on Seattle Slew wins in 2:02.2

1976 Event - 102nd Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero, Jr. on Bold Forbes wins in 2:01.6

1975 Event - 101st Preakness: Darrel McHargue aboard Master Derby wins in 1:56.4

1975 Event - 101st Kentucky Derby: Jacinto Vasquez on Foolish Pleasure wins 2:02

1974 Event - 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04

1973 Event - Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby

1973 Birthday - Mark Larsen, born in Denmark, jockey, rode "Vetrotex" to victory in his first Danish Derby, son of Ole Larsen

1973 Event - 99th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Secretariat wins in 1:59.4

1972 Event - 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8

1972 Event - Courts awarded Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner because winner was given drugs before race

1971 Event - 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2

1970 Event - 1st woman jockey at Kentucky Derby (Diane Crump)

1970 Event - 96th Kentucky Derby: Mike Manganello on Dust Commander wins 2:03.4

1969 Event - 95th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Majestic Prince wins in 2:01.8

1968 Death - Earl Sande, U.S. jockey (Kentucky Derby), dies at 69

1968 Event - 94th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Forward Pass wins

1968 Event - Dancer Image DQ due to drugs after winning 94th Kent Derby in 2:02

1967 Event - 93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6

1966 Event - 92nd Kentucky Derby: Donald Brumfield aboard Kauai King wins in 2:02

1965 Event - 91st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker on Lucky Debonair wins in 2:01.2

1964 Event - 90th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Northern Dancer wins in 2:00

1963 Event - 89th Kentucky Derby: Braulio Baeza aboard Chateaugay wins in 2:01.8

1962 Event - 88th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Decidedly wins in 2:00.4

1961 Birthday - Walter Swimburn, Irish jockey, Derby 1981

1961 Event - 87th Kentucky Derby: John Sellers aboard Carry Back wins in 2:04

1960 Event - 86th Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack on Venetian Way wins in 2:02.4

1959 Event - 85th Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Tomy Lee wins in 2:02.2

1958 Event - 84th Kentucky Derby: Ismael Valenzuela aboard Tim Tam wins in 2:05

1957 Event - 83rd Kentucky Derby: Bill Hartack aboard Iron Liege wins in 2:02.2

1956 Event - 82nd Kentucky Derby: David Erb aboard Needles wins in 2:03.4

1955 Event - 81st Kentucky Derby: Bill Shoemaker aboard Swaps wins in 2:01.8

1954 Birthday - John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others

1954 Event - 80th Kentucky Derby: Raymond York aboard Determine wins in 2:03

1953 Event - 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02

1952 Event - 78th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hill Gail wins in 2:01.6

1951 Event - 77th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Count Turf wins in 2:02.6

1950 Event - 76th Kentucky Derby: William Boland on Middleground wins in 2:01.6

1949 Event - 75th Kentucky Derby: Steve Brooks aboard Ponder wins in 2:04.2

1948 Event - 74th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Citation wins in 2:05.4

1947 Event - 73rd Kentucky Derby: Eric Guerin aboard Jet Pilot wins in 2:06.8

1946 Birthday - Laffit Pincay, Jr., jockey, Kentucky Derby 1984, Belmont 1982 - 1984, Swale

1946 Event - 72nd Kentucky Derby: Warren Mehrtens aboard Assault wins in 2:06.6

1945 Event - 71st Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Hoop, Jr. wins in 2:07

1944 Event - 70th Kentucky Derby: Conn McCreary aboard Pensive wins in 2:04.2

1944 Death - Willy Derby, Dieben, singer (Hello Bandoeng), dies

1944 Birthday - Kevin Coyne, born in Derby, England, musician, composer, singer, songwriter, poet, gained notoriety with mainstream rock with Virgin release Marjory Razorblade

1943 Event - 69th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Longden aboard Count Fleet wins in 2:04

1942 Event - 68th Kentucky Derby: Wayne D Wright aboard Shut Out wins in 2:04.4

1941 Event - 67th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Whirlaway wins in 2:01.4

1940 Event - 66th Kentucky Derby: Carroll Bierman aboard Gallahadion wins in 2:05

1939 Event - 65th Kentucky Derby: James Stout aboard Johnstown wins in 2:03.4

1938 Event - 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8

1937 Event - 63rd Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on War Admiral wins 2:03.2

1936 Event - 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6

1935 Event - Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum)

1935 Event - 61st Kentucky Derby: Willie Saunders aboard Omaha wins in 2:05

1934 Event - 60th Kentucky Derby: Mack Garner aboard Cavalcade wins in 2:04

1933 Event - 59th Kentucky Derby: Don Meade aboard Brokers Tip wins in 2:06.8

1933 Death - Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner, dies

1932 Event - 58th Kentucky Derby: Eugene James aboard Burgoo King wins in 2:05.2

1931 Event - 57th Kentucky Derby: Charley Kurtsinger on Twenty Grand wins 2:01.8

1930 Event - 56th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Gallant Fox wins in 2:07.6

1929 Event - 55th Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee on Clyde Van Dusen wins in 2:10.8

1928 Event - 54th Kentucky Derby: Chick Lang aboard Reigh Count wins in 2:10.4

1927 Event - 53rd Kentucky Derby: Linus McAtee aboard Whiskery wins in 2:06

1926 Event - 52nd Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson on Bubbling Over wins in 2:03.8

1925 Event - 51st Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Flying Ebony wins in 2:07.6

1924 Event - 50th Kentucky Derby: John Mooney aboard Black Gold wins in 2:05.2

1923 Event - 49th Kentucky Derby: Earl Sande aboard Zev wins in 2:05.4

1922 Event - 48th Kentucky Derby: Albert Johnson aboard Morvich wins in 2:04.6

1921 Event - 47th Kentucky Derby: Charles Thompson on Behave Yourself wins 2:04.2

1920 Event - 46th Kentucky Derby: Ted Rice aboard Paul Jones wins in 2:09

1919 Event - 45th Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:09.8

1918 Event - 44th Kentucky Derby: William Knapp on Exterminator wins in 2:10.8

1917 Event - 43rd Kentucky Derby: Charles Borel on Omar Khayyam wins in 2:04.6

1916 Event - 42nd Kentucky Derby: Johnny Loftus aboard George Smith wins in 2:04

1916 Birthday - Cyril Bowles, bishop of Derby

1915 Event - 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4

1914 Event - 40th Kentucky Derby: John McCabe aboard Old Rosebud wins in 2:03.4

1913 Event - 39th Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Goose aboard Donerail wins in 2:04.8

1912 Event - 38th Kentucky Derby: Carol H Shilling aboard Worth wins in 2:09.4

1911 Event - 37th Kentucky Derby: George Archibald aboard Meridian wins in 2:05

1910 Event - 36th Kentucky Derby: Fred Herbert aboard Donau wins in 2:06.4

1909 Event - 35th Kentucky Derby: Vincent Powers on Wintergreen wins in 2:08.2

1908 Event - 34th Kentucky Derby: Arthur Pickens on Stone Street wins in 2:15.2

1907 Event - 33rd Kentucky Derby: Andy Minder aboard Pink Star wins in 2:12.6

1906 Event - 32nd Kentucky Derby: Roscoe Troxler aboard Sir Huon wins in 2:08.8

1905 Event - 31st Kentucky Derby: Jack Martin aboard Agile wins in 2:100.75

1904 Event - 30th Kentucky Derby: Shorty Prior aboard Elwood wins in 2:08

1903 Event - 29th Kentucky Derby: Hal Booker aboard Judge Himes wins in 2:09

1902 Event - 28th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on Alan-a-Dale wins in 2:08.75

1901 Event - 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75

1900 Event - 26th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Boland aboard Lieut Gibson wins in 2:06

1899 Event - 25th Kentucky Derby: Fred Taral aboard Manuel wins in 2:12

1898 Event - 24th Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Plaudit wins in 2:09

1897 Event - 23rd Kentucky Derby: Buttons Garner aboard Typhoon II wins in 2:12

1896 Event - 22nd Kentucky Derby: Willie Simms aboard Ben Brush wins in 2:07.75

1895 Event - 21st Kentucky Derby: Soup Perkins aboard Halma wins in 2:37

1894 Event - 20th Kentucky Derby: Frank Goodale aboard Chant wins in 2:41

1893 Event - 19th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Kunze aboard Lookout wins in 2:39

1892 Event - 18th Kentucky Derby: Lonnie Clayton aboard Azra wins in 2:41

1891 Event - 17th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Kingman wins in 2:52

1890 Birthday - Frank Conroy, Derby England, actor, Call of the Wild

1890 Event - 16th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Riley wins in 2:45

1889 Event - 15th Kentucky Derby: Thomas Kiley aboard Spokane wins in 2:34

1888 Event - 14th Kentucky Derby: George Covington aboard MacBeth II wins in 2:38

1887 Event - 13th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Lewis aboard Montrose wins in 2:39

1886 Event - 12th Kentucky Derby: Paul Duffy aboard Ben Ali wins in 2:36

1885 Event - 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37

1884 Event - 10th Kentucky Derby: Isaac Murphy aboard Buchanan wins in 2:40

1883 Event - 9th Kentucky Derby: William Donohue aboard Leonatus wins in 2:43

1882 Event - 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40

1881 Event - 7th Kentucky Derby: Jim McLaughlin aboard Hindoo wins in 2:40

1880 Event - 6th Kentucky Derby: George Lewis aboard Fonso wins in 2:37

1879 Event - 5th Kentucky Derby: Charlie Shauer aboard Lord Murphy wins in 2:37

1878 Event - 4th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Carter aboard Day Star wins in 2:37

1877 Event - 3rd Kentucky Derby: Billy Walker aboard Baden-Baden wins in 2:38

1876 Birthday - Wilson Mizner, born in Benicia, California, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner

1876 Event - 2nd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Swim aboard Vagrant wins in 2:38

1875 Event - 1st Kentucky Derby: Oliver Lewis aboard Aristides wins in 2:37.75

1859 Birthday - Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners

1835 Birthday - Charles Kendall Adams, born in Derby, Vermont, historian, educator, served as second President of Cornell University 1885 - 1892, President, University of Wisconsin 1892 - 1901

1824 Death - Theodore Gericault, French painter (Grand Derby d'epsom), dies

1820 Birthday - Herbert Spencer, Derby England, Victorian philosopher, Social Statics

1799 Birthday - Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister, 1852, 1858-59, 1866-68

1780 Event - Charles Bunbury on Diomed wins 1st Epsom Derby

1745 Event - Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby

1607 Birthday - James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby

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