The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 1, 1994 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the third race of the 1994 Formula One season, and the first race of the season to be held in Europe. The race weekend was marred by the deaths of Austrian Roland Ratzenberger and three-time world champion Ayrton Senna as well as numerous other accidents and injuries, and was described by BBC Television commentator Murray Walker as "the blackest day for Grand Prix racing that I can remember". The race was eventually won by Michael Schumacher. In the press conference following the race, Schumacher said that he "couldn't feel satisfied, couldn't feel happy" with his win following the events that had occurred during the race weekend.

Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_San_Marino_Grand_Prix

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1707: The Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, a single kingdom encompassing the entire island of Great Britain with a single parliament and government based in Westminster. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707)

1840: The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, was issued in the United Kingdom. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penny_Black)

1893: The World's Columbian Exposition, a World's Fair to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus, opened in Chicago, United States. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition)

1956: A doctor in Japan reported an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata disease. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minamata_disease)

1960: Bombay State, India was partitioned into Gujarat and Maharashtra along linguistic lines. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

A man must be excessively stupid, as well as uncharitable, who believes that there is no virtue but on his own side, and that there are not men as honest as himself who may differ from him in political principles. -- Joseph Addison (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Addison)