* 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician ( d. 2001 )

* 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1945 – Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist ( d. 2001 )

* 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )

* 1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.

* 1918 – Norman Granz, American record producer ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Ty Simpkins, American actor

* 1911 – Eddie Futch, American boxing trainer ( d. 2001 )

* 1914 – Tove Jansson, Finnish author ( d. 2001 )

* 1942 – Tommie Agee, American baseball player ( d. 2001 )

* 1976 – Nawaf al-Hazmi, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

* 1954 – Nico Assumpção, Brazilian bass player ( d. 2001 )

* 1972 – Hani Hanjour, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 77 ( d. 2001 )

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After re-establishing its credibility in 1989, Australia underlined its superiority with victories in the 1990 – 91, 1993, 1994 – 95, 1997, 1998 – 99, 2001 and 2002 – 03 series, all by convincing margins.

The wicketkeeper-batsman position was held by Ian Healy for most of the 1990s and by Adam Gilchrist from 2001 to 2006 – 07.

* 1912 – Vladimir Žerjavić, Croatian economist ( d. 2001 )

* 1914 – Beatrice Straight, American actress ( d. 2001 )

* 1924 – Carroll O ' Connor, American actor ( d. 2001 )

* 2001 – Olivia Barclay, British astrologer ( b. 1919 )

* 2001 – Jo-Jo Moore, American baseball player ( b. 1908 )

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. ( April 29, 1951February 18, 2001 ) was an American race car driver, best known for his involvement in stock car racing for NASCAR.

Park won the very next NASCAR Winston Cup race: The Dura Lube 400 at North Carolina Speedway in Rockingham, NC held on February 26, 2001.

From 2001 to 2006, the race alternated between FOX and NBC under the terms of a six-year, $ 2. 48 billion NASCAR television contract, with FOX broadcasting the Daytona 500 in odd-numbered years ( 2001, 2003, 2005 ) and the Pepsi 400 in even-numbered years ( 2002, 2004, 2006 ), with NBC broadcasting the opposite race in that year.

With a sports division now established with the arrival of the NFL, Fox acquired over-air broadcast rights to the National Hockey League ( 1994 – 99 ), Major League Baseball ( since 1996 ), and NASCAR auto racing ( since 2001 ).

Dave Blaney drove a NASCAR Winston Cup # 93 Pontiac Grand Prix under Amoco sponsorship from 1997 until the brand's demise in 2001.

In 2001, a revised version of the GPL engine was used for NASCAR Racing 4.

In addition, NASCAR coverage moved to TNT from TBS starting in the 2001 season, as Ted Turner believed that it would fit more with TNT's new look and theme than TBS.

NASCAR came to TNT in 2001, carried over from TBS by their shared parent company.

TNT inherited the telecast of the 2001 UAW-GM Quality 500 NASCAR race at Lowe's Motor Speedway from NBC due to the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom.

* Jack Smith ( 1924 – 2001 ), NASCAR driver

The NHRA sponsorship lasted up to 2001, before a new governing rule stated the Master Settlement Agreement, restricting R. J. Reynolds to one sponsorship of a sporting event ; as a result, they chose NASCAR, which lasted up to 2003.

In 2001 NASCAR driver Kevin Harvick opened his shop in Kernersville.

* From 1987 until 2001, Hendrick Motorsports has used # 17 for various drivers in the NASCAR Hall of Fame from 1987-90, and for a satellite team from 1991-92.

* 18 – Dale Earnhardt, 49, American NASCAR race car driver, crash during 2001 Daytona 500 race.

The company contracted with Richard Childress Racing in late 2000 to be an associate sponsor for Dale Earnhardt, Sr. during the 2001 NASCAR race season.

* Sammy Hagar re-recorded his hit " I Can't Drive 55 ", with the 55 changed to 65, in 2001 for NBC's NASCAR broadcasts to reflect higher speed limits ; the song was used from 2001 until 2004 to introduce Budweiser Pole Award winners on NBC and TNT broadcasts

Petty also appears as a special guest driver in the video games NASCAR 2000, NASCAR Rumble, NASCAR 2001 and NASCAR Arcade.

He had another victory in 1977 at the Los Angeles Times 500, which would be the last Dodge win in NASCAR until 2001.

Kyle Busch was 16 when thrown out of a 2001 Craftsman Truck Series race in Fontana, CA by CART ( which sanctioned the Marlboro 500 that weekend ) because tobacco sponsorship regulations prohibited competitors under 18 in any race during the meet, and resulted in a 2002 NASCAR minimum age requirement of 18.