Ken Miles and Carroll Shelby are best known for their development of the Ford GT40 that won the 24h of Le Mans consecutively from 1966 to 1969. But they not only share this remarkable project, but they also have the same birthdate, yet on different days of the year. Surely you are thinking about now I really mean the same day but in different years. Yes, Miles was a little less than 5 years older than Shelby, but I am referring to the exact day they would celebrate their birthday. Their birthday celebration invitations would have the same date but not the same day for the specific year. 

Carroll Shelby was born on the 11^th of January 1923 in Leesburg, Texas, USA. 

So, he would have used the US date format and hence written: 1/11 for January 11th

Ken Miles was born on the 1^st of November 1918 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, UK.

So, he would have used the British date format and hence written: 1/11 for 1^st of November

So, both have their birthday on the 1/11, but on two separate days of the year. 

We celebrate this remarkable coincidence on both of their birthdays with a Ford GT40, the car that made both infamous…