Italian racing driver Luigi Fagioli died.
Following the end of World War II, 52-year-old Luigi Fagioli joined Alfa-Romeo's 1950 Formula One team, earning five podium finishes in six races en route to finishing a remarkable third overall in the first ever FIA World Championship. His only Grand Prix of 1951 was his last, but he nevertheless won the French Grand Prix with Juan-Manuel Fangio, earning the distinction of being the oldest person to ever win an F1 race. Fagioli started seven grands prix and won one race.
1920
Paul Pietsch was a well-respected driver immediately before World War Two, mainly as a privateer but for a period with the Auto Union team. His career extended just into the FIA World Championship but by then he was concentrating on his highly successful publishing empire.
1904
The forerunner to the FIA, the Association Internationale des Automobile Clubs Recconus (AIACR), was founded in Paris. Like today's FIA, it oversaw all of motorsport and the interests of motorists all over the world.
