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Burt Munro, New Zealand motorcycle racer (born 1899)

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Burt Munro

New Zealand motorcycle racer

Herbert James "Burt" Munro was a motorcycle racer from New Zealand, famous for setting an under-1,000 cc world record, at Bonneville, on August 26, 1967. This record still stands; Munro was 68 and was riding a 47-year-old machine when he set his last record.
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January 6

Day of the year

January 6 is the sixth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 359 days remain until the end of the year.
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