• The 1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 4, 1973, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona...
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    2023. "1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 29, 2023. "1974 Firecracker 400". Racing-Reference...
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    Marty Robbins (category Country Music Hall of Fame inductees)
    Racing-Reference.info. Retrieved August 17, 2015. "1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400". Racing-Reference.info. July 4, 1973. Retrieved August 17, 2015. "Hell on Wheels"...
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  • sons Brian and Brad, the last of became a NASCAR Cup Series champion and later team principal. Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 - In 1971, NASCAR began a transitional...
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  • Chris Economaki in (WWOS) coverage of auto racing; among the notable events covered by Jackson was the 1974 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway...
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    Richard Petty (category Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients)
    200th (and what would turn out to be his final victory) race at the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway. The race was memorable: On lap 158...
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    toilet seat with a firecracker. In the next chapel assembly, the headmaster, George St. John, brandished the toilet seat and spoke of "muckers" who would...
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    Edward Teller (category National Medal of Science laureates)
    O'Neill, Dan (1994). The Firecracker Boys. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0312110863. Rhodes, Richard (1986). The Making of the Atomic Bomb. London:...
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    his second journey over the falls. On October 1, 1995, Robert Douglas "Firecracker" Overacker went over the falls on a Jet Ski to raise awareness for the...
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    the hour of execution." Added to the daily advances of the Chinese were the nightly serenades of rifle and artillery fire and firecrackers designed to...
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  • Hunter's dormitory window, which "shouted racial insults, and tossed firecrackers, bottles and bricks at the dormitory window". Dean Williams suspended...
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  • renamed in honor of former U.S. senator Patrick Leahy. From its origins in the School of Natural Resources (originally established in 1973), the Rubenstein...
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  • ABC's Wide World of Sports was intended to be a fill-in show for a single summer season, until the start of fall sports seasons, but became unexpectedly...
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  • Within minutes, the kebab shop was demolished. The window was broken and firecrackers were thrown inside.]. elk.wm.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 3 November 2019...
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    seven medals at a single Olympic Games, swimming as part of the American team in the 400 meter relay. Bob Barker began a 35-year run as host of one of America's...
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    an appearance in federal court for contempt of court. The unusual action came the day after "a firecracker barrage" was made on the dormitory where Meredith...
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    call of duty", Barnes posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor. Within hours of learning that Barnes was to be awarded the Medal of Honor, a...
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