Today in motorcycle history, December 31, 1967

  In one of his most famous, or infamous, stunts, Evel Knievel, attempting a year-ending jump at Caesar's Palace Fountain, Las Vegas, Nevada, crashes hard. The landing doesn't quite goes as planned crushing his pelvis and femur, fractures his hip and a wrist, both ankles and rattles his brain giving him a concussion.
   The injuries would only sideline Evel until May of 1968 (five months?!) when he jumps at Beeline Dragway in Scottsdale, Arizona. The result? Keep your dial tuned in on May 25th...