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On This Day: September 4

5 verified moments happened on September 4. Here they are in the order they actually happened — the same kind of puzzle you solve in Whensly every day.

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  1. 1950Johnny Mantz wins the sport's first 500-mile race, lapping the field on hard truck tires as Darlington opensStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “1950 Southern 500” — inaugural Southern 500 at Darlington, Sep 4, 1950; Johnny Mantz
  2. 1972Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal at Munich — each with a world record — completing the greatest individual Olympic swimming performanceSports · Source: Wikipedia, "Mark Spitz"; "1972 Summer Olympics swimming"
  3. 1972Mark Spitz wins his seventh gold medal of the Munich Olympics, a record for a single GamesSports · Source: History.com 'U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins 7th gold medal in the 1972 Olympics, September 4, 1972'
  4. 1998🔍 Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporate Google, the search engine they built while students at Stanford.Technology · Source: EDN; TIME (Sep 4 1998)
  5. 2005At 20, Kyle Busch wins at California to become the youngest race winner in Cup historyStock Car Racing · Source: Wikipedia, “NASCAR career of Kyle Busch” — first Cup win at California, Sep 4, 2005, youngest ever

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