Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda crashed in the German Grand Prix and was hospitalized with near-fatal burns.
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Future Pope John Paul II was almost killed by a Nazi truck in Krakow, Poland.
Simon Pagenaud of France finished the 2016 Indy 500 just two-tenths of a second ahead of Alexander Rossi.
Henry Ford and 12 investors incorporated the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan.
Illinois became the first US state to make it compulsory by law to wear a seatbelt.
General Motors bought the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.
