1920: Jockey Gordon Richards had his first ride at Lingfield Park. In a 21,843-race career that lasted until 1954, he won a record 4,870 races – 14 of them Classics. Richards was champion jockey a record 26 times.

1968: Britain's Lillian Board lost the Olympic 400 metres final by a narrow margin to France's Colette Besson, while US sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave their 'Black Power' salute on the winners' rostrum.