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1909Jul, 22

Dorino Serafini

Dorino Serafini, Italian race car driver (d. 2000)
Teodoro "Dorino" Serafini (22 July 1909 – 5 July 2000) was a motorcycle road racer and racing driver from Italy.

A native of Pesaro (Marche), he won the 1939 500cc European Championship on a Gilera. He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix on 3 September 1950, when he finished second and scored 3 championship points, his points being halved as he shared the drive with Alberto Ascari. Serafini remains the only Formula One driver to have scored a podium finish in every World Championship Grand Prix they entered. He also competed in several non-Championship Formula One races.

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Events on 1909

  • 9Jan

    Nimrod Expedition

    Ernest Shackleton, leading the Nimrod Expedition to the South Pole, plants the British flag 97 nautical miles (180 km; 112 mi) from the South Pole, the farthest anyone had ever reached at that time.
  • 28Jan

    Guantanamo Bay Naval Base

    United States troops leave Cuba with the exception of Guantanamo Bay Naval Base after being there since the Spanish-American War.
  • 22Feb

    Great White Fleet

    The sixteen battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by USS Connecticut, return to the United States after a voyage around the world.
  • 31Mar

    Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Serbia accepts Austrian control over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  • 27Apr

    Abdul Hamid II

    Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.