Sept. 8, 1974 was a momentous day in American history. Sure, it was the day that Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon, but maybe more importantly, it was also the day Evel Knievel tried — and failed — ...
On this day in 2007, in Clearwater, a middle-size city on the western coast of Florida, Robert Craig Knievel died after suffering breathing issues following a long bout of pulmonary disease. He was 69 ...
It might seem hard to believe now, but there was a time when a cape-wearing man best known for crashing his motorcycle was one of the biggest names in U.S. pop culture. That name: Evel Knievel. With ...
Over Labor Day weekend, Twin Falls, Idaho, held a 50th anniversary celebration of the September day in 1974 when Evel Knievel tried to jump the Snake River Canyon in a steam-powered rocket. Twin Falls ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Evel Knievel, the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him ...