2011 Event Australian Casey Stoner wins the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the 2011 MotoGP World Championship 2003 Death Barry Sheene, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix, dies of esophagus and stomach cancer 1996 Death Mark Frankel, actor (Leon the Pig Farmer), dies on motorcycle at 34 1995 Death John Britten, motorcycle Designer, dies at 45 1989 Event Zsa Zsa Gabor arrested for slaping Beverly Hills motorcycle patrolman 1988 Event Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash 1978 Birthday Gael Garcia Bernal, born in Guadalajara, Mexico, actor, director, former model, films include, 'The Motorcycle Diaries', 'Babel' 1978 Event Donald Vesco rode 21'-long Kawasaki motorcycle at 318.598 mph 1977 Event Alain Prieur jumps his motorcycle 65 m over 16 buses, near Paris 1974 Death Edmund Cobb, actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82 1971 Death Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24 1967 Event Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles 1966 Event Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York 1966 Death Richard Farina, rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident 1956 Event 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 1950 Birthday Barry Sheene, born in London, England, motorcycle road racer, winner, Formula 750 World Championship and 1976 British Grand Prix 1942 Birthday Giacomo Agostini, born in Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion 1938 Birthday Robert "Evel" Knievel, motorcycle daredevil, Snake River Canyon 1935 Death Thomas E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, dies in a motorcycle crash 1928 Birthday Vaughn Beals, Cambridge Massachusetts, CEO, Harley Davidson motorcycle 1914 Event 1st U.S. motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) 1903 Event George Wyman arrives in New York City by motorcycle 51 days out of SF 1903 Event 1st transcontinental motorcycle trip begins at San Francisco (George Wymann) 1903 Event George Wyman makes 1st motorcycle trip across the US 1900 Death Gottlieb Daimler, designed 1st motorcycle, dies at 65 1899 Event 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York 1897 Event 1st motorcycle race (Surrey England) 1885 Event Gottlieb Daimler's motorcycle, world's 1st, unveiled 1885 Event Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1834 Birthday Gottlieb Daimler, born in Germany, engineer/inventor/designed 1st motorcycle
