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Whether in IndyCar or NASCAR, Patrick has been one of the biggest stars in auto racing for over a decade. Her time in the spotlight has not been without drama though, be it with other drivers or surrounding her personal life away from the track.
This Week in History: April 17-23, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
April 17
1704 – John Campbell publishes in Boston the first successful U.S. newspaper.
1865 – Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in President Lincoln’s assassination. She owns the boarding house where her son John Surratt, along with John Wilkes Booth and others, conspire to kill the president. She is hanged on July 7th with three others convicted of the conspiracy. Mary, aged 42, is the first woman executed by order of the U.S. government.
1924 – Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Company merge to form MGM.
April 20, 2008
On this day in 2008, 26-year-old Irish-American Danica Patrick became the first woman to win the Indy Japan 300. This made her the first female winner in IndyCar racing history. Just three years prior, she had made her Indy 500 debut in 2005, where she finished in fourth place. Only the fourth woman to compete in the Indy 500, she became the first woman ever to lead a lap (she led for 19 laps) in the 500 mile race. Later in 2005, she earned Rookie of the Year honors and finished 12th overall. She has appeared twice in Sports Illustrated.
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