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1911:Ray Harroun wins the first Indianapolis 500 race, driving a Marmom Wasp, equipped with the first rearview mirror, at an average speed of 74.6 mph over the 500-mile course.
1806: Future President Andrew Jackson kills landowner Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel in Logan, Ky., fought over Dickinson’s charges against Jackson’s integrity in a horse race bet and his insults against the honor of Jackon’s wife, Rachel. Jackson is also shot in the chest during the duel but recovers and is never prosecuted for killing Dickinson.
1922: Supreme Court Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft dedicates the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Robert Todd Lincoln, the late president’s only surviving son, is an honored guest at the ceremony.
1806: Future President Andrew Jackson kills landowner Charles Dickinson in a pistol duel in Logan, Ky., fought over Dickinson’s charges against Jackson’s integrity in a horse race bet and his insults against the honor of Jackon’s wife, Rachel. Jackson is also shot in the chest during the duel but recovers and is never prosecuted for killing Dickinson.
1922: Supreme Court Chief Justice and former President William Howard Taft dedicates the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Robert Todd Lincoln, the late president’s only surviving son, is an honored guest at the ceremony.
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