A 100-vehicle pile-up on a highway in Texas killed two people and injured 120 more.
A heavy fog caused the pile-up.
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Adolf Hitler announced the construction of the Volkswagen Beetle.
Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an Indy car race.
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Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
