Racing at Daytona

8 March 1936  

On this date in 1936...

The first stock car race was held on Daytona Beach, Florida.

Other Years:

• 1848 - Future Confederate General James Longstreet married Maria Louisa Garland in Lynchburg, Virginia.
• 1853 - The first bronze statue of Andrew Jackson was unveiled in Washington, DC. 
• 1861 - St. Augustine, Florida surrendered to federal troops.
• 1862 - The C.S.S. Virginia began patrol near Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Virginia sank U.S.S. Cumberland, and damaged both the U.S.S. Minnesota and U.S.S. Roanoke on its first day.
• 1865 - The Battle of Kinston, North Carolina began.
• 1949 - WBAP-FM, began broadcasting in Fort Worth Texas.
• 1988 - At Fort Campbell, Kentucky 17 U.S. soldiers were killed when two Army helicopters suffered a midair collision.

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