2000 Death Adam Petty, American Celebrity 2000 Death Lee Petty, American Celebrity 1994 Death Patrick Meehan, petty Criminal, dies at 67 1980 Birthday Adam Petty, American Celebrity 1979 Event Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy 1978 Birthday Lauren Petty, Miss New Jersey Teen USA 1997 1974 Event Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester New York) 1970 Birthday Kerrin Petty, Townshend Vt, cross country skier 1994 Olympics 1959 Event 1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH) 1955 Birthday Stan Lynch, Gainesville, Florida, rock drummer, Tommy Petty and Heartbreakers 1954 Birthday Mike Campbell, guitarist, Tom Petty and Heartbreakers-Breakdown 1952 Birthday Ron Blair, born in Macon, Georgia, rock bassist, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers 1950 Birthday Tom Petty, classic rock singer, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 1948 Birthday Dini Petty, Canadian talk show host, CITY-TV 1937 Birthday Richard Petty, auto race driver, Daytona 500-1979,81 1917 Event 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh 1913 Birthday Lee Petty, American Celebrity
