September 17th
Gilberto Parlotti born in Zero Branco, Treviso, Italy.
Parlotti won the first two races of the 1972 Grand Prix season and was leading the 125cc World Championship riding a works Morbidelli when he crashed in the rain at the Isle of Man TT, and died.
Top riders joined a boycott of the event and by 1976 the IOM TT was dropped from the Grand Prix championship schedule.
Gilberto Parlotti
"Then Came Bronson" debuts on television. Stars Michael Parks with Martin Sheen. The main character rides a Harley. IMDB ranks it in the high sevens.
https://todayinmotorcyclehistory.blogspot.com/2013/09/
Then Came Bronson