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Ontario, California – Racial and ethnic composition Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race. Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic) Pop 2000 [52] Pop 2010 [53] Pop 2020 [54] % 2000 % 2010 ...
Remembrance Day in Sri Lanka, also known as the National War heroes commemoration day, marks the capitulation of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the end to the Sri Lankan Civil War on 18 May 2009. The day is a war heroes commemoration day as well as a remembrance day for civilians who died in the war from both sides.
In the United States, President Woodrow Wilson hailed the first Armistice Day celebration on 11 November 1919, although it would not be formalised by Congress until 1926. France followed suit in ...
The 1974 California 500, the fifth running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, March 10, 1974. The event was race number 3 of 14 in the 1974 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Bobby Unser, his first California 500 victory.
Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California.It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: USAC (and now IndyCar Series) for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a 500-mile (800 km) oval stock car races; NHRA for drag races; and FIA for Formula One road ...
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In 1969, USAC announced the California 500 would be held on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend for the next 10 years, beginning on September 6, 1970. USAC President, Charlie Brockman , declared "Ontario Motor Speedway is the most exciting and promising development in automobile racing since Tony Hulman bought the Indianapolis Speedway in 1946."
The 1976 California 500, the seventh running of the event, was held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on Sunday, September 5, 1976. The event was race number 10 of 13 in the 1976 USAC Championship Car season. The race was won by Bobby Unser, becoming the first man to win the California 500 twice.