American motorcycle racer

Travis Pastrana

Travis Alan Pastrana is an American professional athlete known for his success across multiple disciplines, including freestyle motocross, rally racing, NASCAR, and stunt performance. He rose to prominence in the early 2000s, becoming a multi-time X Games gold medalist and achieving numerous milestones in freestyle motocross, including being the first to land a double backflip in competition in 2006. Prior to his freestyle career, Pastrana was also a successful motorcycle racer, winning titles in the AMA Motocross and Supercross 125cc divisions in 2000 and 2001, respectively.

Born

1983

October 8

Died

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1980s

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The world in 1983

When Travis arrived

april 12 Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
april 25 Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
april 25 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
april 28 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

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Anne-Caroline Chausson 1977– French cyclist Bill Elliott 1955– American race car driver CeCe Winans 1964– American singer-songwriter Claude Jade 1948–2006 French actress (born 1948) Gus Hall 1910– American soldier and politician (died 2000) Heinrich Schütz 1585–1672 German organist and composer (born 1585) Juan Perón 1895–1974 Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (born 1895) Lynne Stewart 1939–2017 American attorney and activist (born 1939) Mike Morgan 1959– American baseball player and coach

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