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The 1955 Le Mans disaster was a major crash that occurred on 11 June 1955 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race at Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, Sarthe, France. Large pieces of debris flew into the crowd, killing 83 spectators and French driver Pierre Levegh, and injuring around 120 more. It was the most catastrophic crash in motorsport ...
car Mississippi Harper's car left the highway and rolled multiple times. Joi Harris: 1976 2017 40 years American motorcycle racer and stunt woman motorcycle Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Kylie Rae Harris: 1989 2019 30 years American country music singer car Taos, New Mexico: Speeding and drunk driving contributed to Kylie's fatal car crash.
Playing career. 2001–2016. Daniel James Heatley (born January 21, 1981) is a German-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Originally drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers second overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the National Hockey League (NHL) rookie of the year in 2002.
Adrian Carton de Wiart. Lieutenant-General Sir Adrian Paul Ghislain Carton de Wiart, [1] VC, KBE, CB, CMG, DSO ( / də ˈwaɪ.ərt /; [2] 5 May 1880 – 5 June 1963) was a British Army officer. He was awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" in various Commonwealth countries. [3]
Jan-Michael Vincent. Jan-Michael Vincent (July 15, 1944 [1] [2] [3] – February 10, 2019) was an American actor known for portraying helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the TV series Airwolf (1984–1987) and the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film Big Wednesday. He also starred as Byron Henry in the 1983 miniseries The Winds of War .
Hollywood actor James Dean was killed at age 24 in an auto accident on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California.He had previously competed in several auto racing events, and was traveling to a sports car racing competition when he was involved in a car crash at the junction of U.S. Route 466 (US 466, now State Route 46 [SR 46]) and SR 41.
American Airlines Flight 77. American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-223 aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11 ...
Alan Kulwicki plane crash. / 36.565139°N 82.313528°W / 36.565139; -82.313528. On the evening of April 1, 1993, NASCAR champion Alan Kulwicki was killed in an aviation accident when the Swearingen Merlin III twin turboprop he was traveling in crashed near Blountville, Tennessee, while on approach to the nearby Tri-Cities Regional Airport.