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WALTRIP BEATS PETTY ON THIS DAY IN 1979

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Darrell Waltrip

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Richard Petty

During the Rebel 500 event at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina, drivers
Darrell Waltrip and Richard Petty swap the lead four times in a last-lap battle
before Waltrip finally wins the race.

The race also featured a pit stop mishap in which driver David Pearson,
following a miscommunication with his crew, drove away with only two of
his four tires properly changed. Pearson’s car flipped over and had to be
removed from the race. The embarrassing incident led to Pearson, who
was a top driver, being released from his team, Wood Brothers.

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HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST WORLD NEWS

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Funeral of St. John Paul II was held at the Vatican on this day in 2005.


Pope John Paul II’s body is laid in St. Peter’s Basilica. Among the Americans attending the private visitation are from left: George W.
Bush
, Laura Bush, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Condoleezza
Rice
, and Andrew Card. 

 

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It was on this day in 1973.

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Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990)

Ryan White was a teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a
national
poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after failing
to be re-admitted to school following an AIDS diagnosis. As a
hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated
blood treatment.

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Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth’s record on this
day in 1974.

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Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)

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