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Today in History 10/05 (Enzo Ferrari)

Enzo Ferrari at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo ES in Tuscany, Italy, in 1921 (© AP)(1919) Ferrari takes to the track
Enzo Ferrari, 21, drives in his first competition at the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race and takes fourth place. His race results will rise in the coming years but the Modena, Italy native will find more fame by founding a company whose products are as fast as they are flash.
Enzo Anselmo Ferrari, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI was an Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur, the founder of the Scuderia Ferrari Grand Prix motor racing team, and subsequently of the Ferrari automobile marque. He was widely known as “il Commendatore” or “il Drake”. In his final years he was often referred to as “l’Ingegnere” or “il Grande Vecchio”.
Lived: Feb 18, 1898 – Aug 14, 1988 (age 90)
Height: 6′ 2″
Spouse: Laura Dominica Garello Ferrari (m. 1932 – 1978)
Founded: Ferrari · Scuderia Ferrari
Children: Alfredo Ferrari (Son) · Piero Ferrari (Son)
Movies: The Snake and the Stallion
Highlights
  • 1919: He was later promoted to race car driver and made his competitive debut in the 1919 Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb race, where he finished fourth in the three-litre category at the wheel of a 2.3-litre 4-cylinder C.M.N. 15/20.

  • 1920: In 1920, Enzo joined the racing department of Alfa Romeo as a driver.

  • 1932: Enzo Ferrari married Laura Dominica Garello Ferrari in 1932; their marriage lasted 46 years till 1978.

  • 1937: In 1937 Scuderia Ferrari was dissolved and Ferrari returned to Alfa’s racing team, named Alfa Corse.

  • 1982: He rarely left Modena and Maranello, except for when the annual Italian Grand Prix at Monza just outside Milan took place, or when he took a trip to Paris to broker a compromise between the warring FISA and FOCA parties in 1982.

  • 1988: Ferrari died on 14 August 1988 in Maranello at the age of 90.

Enzo Ferrari at the wheel of a racing car
Enzo Ferrari at the wheel of a racing car in the 1920s
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(1919) Enzo Ferrari takes to the track.
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Today in History 10/05/17

Cast of 'Monty Python' (© Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)(1969) BBC-TV premieres something completely different
Five Brits and one American write and star in the BBC's new sketch comedy show, 'Monty Python's Flying Circus.' Their particular brand of silly, surreal mayhem will change the comedy landscape over 45 episodes that at first garner a cult following before achieving worldwide fame.
And now for something completely different: Monty Python's Flying Circus was simply the most influential comedy program television has ever seen. Five Englishmen, all working under the constraints of conventional TV shows such as The Frost Report (for which the five Englishmen wrote), gathered together with an expatriate American in the spring of 1969 to break the rules. The result, first airing on BBC-1 on October 5, 1969, has influenced countless future men and women in the media and comedy since.
First episode: Oct 05, 1969
Episode duration: 30 minutes
Creator: Monty Python
Theme song: The Liberty Bell
Producer: Ian MacNaughton
Awards: BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award · British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Programme · British Academy Television Award - General Category

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