Graham Hill drives Lotus 49 to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix (1969).
4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940).
5 First La Carrera Panamerica road race begins. 132 cars enter the 5-day, 2,178-mile race running the length of Mexico from Jaurez, on the Texas border, to El Ocotal, on the border with Guatemala. Hershel McGriff will win in an Oldsmobile (1950).
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