By Mona Hatfield
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Dale Arnold Jarrett (born November 26, 1956) is a former American race car driver and current racing commentator for NBC. He is best known for winning the Daytona 500 three times (in 1993, 1996, and 2000) and winning the NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship in 1999. He is the son of 2-time Grand National Champion Ned Jarrett, younger brother of Glenn Jarrett, father of former driver Jason Jarrett, and cousin of Todd Jarrett. In 2007, Jarrett joined the ESPN/ABC broadcasting team as an announcer in select Nationwide Series races. In 2008, after retiring from driving following the 2008 Food City 500, he joined ESPN permanently as the lead racing analyst replacing Rusty Wallace. In 2015, Jarrett became a part of the NBC Sports Broadcasting Crew for NASCAR events. He was inducted in the 2014 class of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Born
- Mary Walker (doctor) –
- Karl Ziegler (chemist) –
- Frances Dee (film star of the 1930s and 40s) –
- Cyril Cusack (actor) –
- Eric Sevareid (newscaster) –
- Charles Schulz (creator of Peanuts comic strip) –
- George Segal (sculptor) –
- Robert Goulet (actor) –
- Tina Turner (singer) –
- Bruce Paltrow (director & producer) –
- John McVie (musician) –
- Dale Jarrett (race car driver) –
- Natasha Bedingfield (singer) –
- Trevor Morgan (actor) –
Died
- Tommy Dorsey (bandleader) –
- Stan Berenstain (co-creator of The Berenstain Bears book series) –
Events
- The first lion was exhibited in the U.S., in Boston, MA–
- Oldest social college fraternity in continuous existence, Kappa Alpha Society, founded at Union College in Schenectady, New York–
- Public streetcar service began in New York City–
- First major football game played indoors, Chicago Coliseum, Illinois–
- Archeologist Howard Carter opened second doorway to tomb of Tutankhamen–
- The movie Casablanca premiered in New York City–
- France’s first satellite, Asterix 1, launched–
- Comedian Milton Berle married Lorna Adams–
- Thelma Chalifoux was the first Metis woman to become a Canadian senator (Alberta)–
- A buoy recorded a 75-foot wave off Cape Mendocino, California–
Weather
- A late-season hurricane brushed the east coast with gales and heavy rain–
- A blizzard struck North Dakota–
- 1.5 inches of rain fell in 1 minute in Barot, Guadeloupe, setting a world record–
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