1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies on the way to the hospital after crashing his Lotus during practice for the nonchampionship Mexican Grand Prix (1962).
2 The Mercury Division of the Ford Motor Company holds a press conference in Carmel, California, to announce the formation of the Bud Moore Cougar Trans-Am team (1966).
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