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FIRST PERFECT GAME ON THIS DAY IN 1913

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William (Bill) Knox

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William Knox of Philadelphia rolled the first perfect 300 game in tournament   
competition history in the USBC Open Championships in Toledo, Ohio. He
had a reputation for match game and league bowling in the East. Knox once
rolled a 300 game with a screen at the foul line so he couldn’t see the pins
for the purpose of illustrating the effectiveness of spot bowling. 

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FORMER RACE CAR DRIVER IS 74 TODAY

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Mario Gabriele Andretti 

Anddretti is a retired Italian American world champion race car driver, one of 
the most successful in the history of the sport. He is one of only two drivers to 
win in Formula One, IndyCar, NASCAR and World Sportscar Championship 
(the other being Dan Gurney). Andretti won the 1978 Formula One World 
Championship
, four IndyCar titles (three under USACsanctioning, one under 
one under CART), and IROC VI. To date, he remains the only driver ever to
win the Indianapolis 500 (1969), Daytona 500 (1967) and the Formula One
World Championship, and, along with Juan Pablo Montoya, the only driver
to have won a race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Formula One, and
and Indianapolis 500. He has a total of 109 career wins on major circuits.

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GOLF STAR IS 84 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Arnold Daniel Palmer is a championship PGA golfer who won four Masters 
tournaments. He is
regarded as one of the greatest players in the history
of men’s professional golf. Nicknamed “The King”, Palmer won the PGA 
Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998, and in 1974 was inducted into
the
World Golf Hall of Fame.  

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NASCAR LEGEND BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1951

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   Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr.
(April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) 

Earnhardt died in a last-lap crash at Daytona International Speedway 
while driving in the 2001 Daytona 500. He has been inducted into
numerous halls of fame, including the inaugural class of the NASCAR
Hall of Fame. 

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INAUGURAL 500 RACE ON THIS DATE IN 1959

DAYTONA 500 TICKET 

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Driver Lee Petty in the #42 race car battles with Johnny Beauchamp during the 
final lap of the inaugural Daytona
500 held at the International Speedway in 
Daytona Beach, Florida.


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Lee Petty, father of NASCAR’s all-time race winner Richard Petty.

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