American race car driver

Sarah Fisher

Sarah Marie Fisher is an American retired professional race car driver who competed in the Indy Racing League and the Indianapolis 500 intermittently from 1999 to 2010. She also raced in the NASCAR West Series in 2004 and 2005. Fisher took part in 81 IndyCar Series events, achieving a career-best finish of second at the 2001 Infiniti Grand Prix of Miami—the highest placing for a woman in the IRL until Danica Patrick's victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300. In 2002, Fisher was the first female driver to win a pole position in a major American open-wheel race and competed in the Indianapolis 500 nine times, more than any other woman.

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1980

October 4

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23 Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
1209 Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
1302 The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end.
1363 Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.

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The world in 1980

When Sarah arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Caitríona Balfe 1979– Irish actress Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611) 1550– Engelbert Dollfuss 1892–1934 Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892) George Sidney 1916–2002 American director and producer (born 1916) Jim Cairns 1914–2003 Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1914) Kenichi Fukui 1918–1998 Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas 1843–1927 Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843) Prudente de Morais 1841–1912 Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (born 1841) Richard Rorty 1931– American philosopher and author (died 2007)

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Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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