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Alain de Cadenet
1945Nov, 27

Alain de Cadenet

Alain de Cadenet, English race car driver
Alain de Cadenet (born 27 November 1945 in London) is a television presenter and former racing driver. After a career in sports car endurance racing, he has hosted numerous shows and broadcasts for the Speed Channel, ESPN, the Velocity Channel and the Petrolicious website. De Cadenet hosted Legends of Motorsport for Speed between 1996 and 2000, as well as the network's coverage of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. During the 2000s, he hosted Speed's Victory By Design, in which he drove vintage racing cars and discussed their history. In 2012, de Cadenet hosted Renaissance Man for the Velocity Channel (now called the Motor Trend network), covering cars, motorcycles, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and racing at Monaco.

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    World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces.
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  • 9Mar

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  • 6Aug

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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