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The very first Formula One World Championship race, won by Giuseppe Farina in an Alfa Romeo, was held on a wartime airfield.
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, England · 1950
On 13 May 1950 Farina led an Alfa Romeo 1–2–3 at the first round of the new World Championship, held on a former Royal Air Force airfield in Northamptonshire.
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Secretariat won by 31 lengths to complete horse racing's Triple Crown in a time that remains a record.
Belmont Park, Elmont, United States · 1973
Secretariat ran the mile and a half of the 1973 Belmont Stakes in 2:24, winning by 31 lengths at Elmont, New York, to end a 25-year wait for a Triple Crown winner.
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Abebe Bikila ran the Olympic marathon barefoot, at dusk, and became the first Black African to win Olympic gold.
Arch of Constantine, Rome, Italy · 1960
Bikila of Ethiopia won the 1960 Olympic marathon in Rome in a world best time, finishing by torchlight beside the Arch of Constantine after running the whole race without shoes.
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A team of players all born within 30 miles of their club’s ground became the first British winners of the European Cup.
Estádio Nacional, Oeiras, Portugal · 1967
Celtic beat Inter Milan 2–1 in the 1967 European Cup final, with goals from Tommy Gemmell and Stevie Chalmers. Every player was born near Glasgow, and the team became known as the Lisbon Lions.
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A match celebrating 100 years of Test cricket was won by 45 runs, exactly the margin of the very first Test.
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia · 1977
Australia beat England by 45 runs in the 1977 Centenary Test in Melbourne, exactly the margin of the first Test played at the same ground in 1877. Derek Randall made 174 for England.
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