1977 Event Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 1969 Event Arlo Guthrie releases "Alice's Restaurant" 1969 Birthday Jennifer Guthrie, Willimantic Conn, actress, Dawn-General Hospital 1967 Death Woodrow Wilson "Woodie" Guthrie, U.S. folk singer and guitarist, dies at 55 1967 Death Woody Guthrie, rocker, dies of Huntington's Chorea at 55 1965 Birthday Mark Guthrie, Buffalo, New York, pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers 1947 Birthday Arlo Guthrie, Brooklyn, singer, Alice's Restaurant, City of New Orleans 1938 Birthday Janet Guthrie, race car driver, 1st woman to race in Indianapolis 500 1936 Birthday Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1912 Birthday Woodie Guthrie, folk singer, This Land Is Your Land 1911 Birthday Sonny Terry, born in North Carolina, blind blues musician, played harmonica, collaborated with Woodie Guthrie, Moses Asch, played with Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry and His Night, cast in Finian's Rainbow 1893 Birthday Guthrie McClintic, born in Seattle, Washington Broadway producer/dir, Winterset