On this day, May 26, 1975. Motorcycle history.

Evel Knievel crashes attempting to jump thirteen London buses at Wembley Stadium.

"You are the last people in the world who will ever see me jump," he told the crowd, "because I will never ever jump again, I am through."

A crowd of nearly 60,000 at London's Wembley Stadium witness Evel Knievel reach a grim end to his career when he attempts to jump over thirteen side-by-side London double-decker buses on his Harley-Davidson XR-750. Catching the last bus, Knievel somersaults just after landing and lays unconscious with his bike on top of him.

Despite breaking a hand, fracturing two vertebrae and his left pelvis, Knievel changed his mind about retirement three days later. But he would approach his next stunt at Kings Island with uncharacteristic caution.