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D. Wayne Lukas

D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer (died 2025)

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Born
September 2, 1935
Died
June 28, 2025
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1935

About D. Wayne Lukas

Darrell Wayne Lukas was an American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. He won 20 Breeders' Cup races, 15 Triple Crown races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his horses won 25 year-end Eclipse Awards. Lukas was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007. The first trainer to earn more than $100 million in purse money, he was the year's top money winner 14 times. Lukas first gained major attention in 1980 when he won the Preakness Stakes with Codex.

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D. Wayne Lukas timeline

  1. Lukas first gained major attention in 1980 when he won the Preakness Stakes with Codex.
  2. Lukas was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007.

The world when D. Wayne Lukas was born

D. Wayne Lukas was born in 1935. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1935

  • #1 song"Cheek to Cheek" – Fred Astaire
  • Top movieMutiny on the Bounty
  • Best-selling bookGreen Light - Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJesse Owens sets 3 world records in 45 minutes at Big Ten meet
  • Top headlineSocial Security Act signed into law by FDR
  • Technology milestoneRadar first demonstrated
  • Defining fadMonopoly officially released by Parker Brothers
  • Notable inventionBeer in cans
  • World population2.23 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • U.S. population127.3M

1935 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in D. Wayne Lukas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19352026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,700$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population127.3M341 million

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