1997 Japanese Maglev train builders claim world speed record at 332 MPH
1997 Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record at 280.3 mph
1995 Evelyn Wood, speed reading guru, dies at 86
1994 Doris Speed, actress (Annie-Coronation Street), dies at 95
1994 Rockwell B-1B Lancers break 11 world speed records
1993 Todd Bridges arrested for transporting methamphetamine (speed)
1993 Klaas Schenk, Dutch speed skater/coach/father of Ard, dies at 86
1992 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, speed skater 1952 Olympics silver, dies
1991 "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 36 performances
1991 "Speed of Darkness" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 36 performances
1990 French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph
1989 France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph
1988 Bonnie Blair (U.S.) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1
1988 Ronald Weigel runs unofficial world record speed walking (18:11.41)
1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH
1987 Jacqueline Blanc, sets women's downhill ski speed record, 124.9 mph
1987 Pat Knauff, France sets 1-leg downhill ski speed record (115.012 mph)
1986 Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k)
1986 Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph
1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California
1982 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
1982 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
1981 Fiona Brothers sets women's propeller boat speed record (116.279 MPH)
1981 Richard Talmadge, actor (Speed Reporter), dies
1981 John Severin sets 100-mi unicycle speed record, 9 h 21 m
1980 Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph
1980 Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
1979 Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
1979 Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m
1978 Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph)
1977 Donna Patterson Brice sets high speed water skiing rec (111.11 mph)
1977 Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship
1977 Christine Scheels, New Berlin Wis, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1976 Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph
1976 Wings release "Wings at the Speed of Sound" album
1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
1974 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted
1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
1974 Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph
1974 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure
1973 Brian Smith, Cedar Rapids Iowa, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1972 David Tamburrino, Saratoga Springs, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1970 Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph)
1970 Kristin Talbot, Schuylerville, New York, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1970 Nathaniel Mills, Evanston, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1970 Brendan Eppert, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1969 Kenneth H. Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH
1969 Peggy Clasen, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1969 Dave Cruikshank, born in Northbrook, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1968 Michelle Kline, Circle Pines, Minnesota, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1968 Johann Olav Koss, speed skater, Olympics-3 gold-1994
1968 Jason Patric, actor, Speed 2 Cruise Control
1967 William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72
1967 Brian Wanek, born in Mequon, Wisconsin, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1967 Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker, world record 20 km
1966 Don Castle, actor (Motor Patrol, Born to Speed), dies at 47
1965 Great-Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH
1965 Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph)
1965 Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 MPH) in Utah
1965 Dan Jansen, born in West Allis, Wisconsin, speed skater, Oly-gold-1984, 88, 92
1965 Chantal Bailey, Champaign, Illinois, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1965 Angela Zuckerman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1964 Donald Campbell (UK) sets world water speed record (276.33 mph)
1964 Paula Murphy sets female land speed record 226.37 MPH
1964 Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph
1964 Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed
1964 Sandra Bullock, born in Washington D.C., actress, Speed, Net, Love and War
1964 Bonnie Blair, born in Champaign Illionis, speed skater, Oly-5 gold/brz-88, 92, 94
1963 Craig Breedlove sets world auto speed record at 407.45 MPH
1963 Dave Besteman, Madison Wis, speed skater 1994 Olympics
1961 Karin Enke, Dresden German DR, speed skater, Olympics gold 1980, 84
1961 Grigoriy Kornev, Russian speed walker, world record 5 km
1961 Jack Whiting, actor (Top Speed, Life of the Party), dies at 59
1961 Mary Docter, U.S., 3000m speed skater, Olympics-1980, 84, 88, 92
1960 Jozef/Josef Pribilinec, born in Czechoslovakia, speed walker, world record 10K
1959 Beth Heiden, born in Madison, Wisconsin, 3000m speed skater 1980 Olympics bronze
1959 Ronald Weigel, German DR speed walker, 5 km indoor
1958 Eric Heiden, U.S. speed skater, 1980 Olympics gold
1958 Eric Heiden, Wisconsin, /1/1 /5/10K speed skater, Olympic-5 golds-1980
1958 Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record)
1958 Simon Baker, Australian speed walker, Olympics-84, 88, 96
1957 Marine Maj John Glenn sets transcontinental speed record (03:28:08)
1957 Maurizio Damilano, Italian speed walker, 30K World Record
1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph
1955 Anne Henning, U.S., 500m speed skater, Olympics gold 1972
1955 Supreme Court orders school integration "with all deliberate speed"
1955 Jeff Daniels, born in Georgia, actor, Something Wild, Dumb and Dumber, Speed
1952 North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH
1952 Raul Gonzalez, Mexican 50K speed walker, world record
1951 Leah Poulis Mueller, Berwyn, Illinois, speed skater, 1980 Olympics gold
1950 Sheila Young Ochowicz, Birmingham, Michigan, speed skater, Oly-gold/sil-76
1950 Tatyana Averina, U.S.S.R., speed skater 1K, 3K 1976 Olympics gold
1948 1st civilian to exceed speed of sound-Herb H Hoover, Edwards AFB Ca
1947 David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir, Speed the Plow, House of Games
1947 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 394.2 MPH
1947 Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph
1947 John Howard, U.S., speed record, 152.284 mph at Bonneville Flats, UT
1946 Mary Meyer, U.S., 500m speed skater, 1968 Olympics silver
1945 Lemmy, [Ian Kilminster], rocker, Hawkwind, Motorhead-Built for Speed
1945 New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF
1944 Erhard Keller, German FR, 500m speed skater, Olympics gold 1968, 72
1944 Ard Schenk, 500, 1500, 5000k speed skater, Olympics gold 1972
1944 Ard Schenk, Holland 1500m, 5K, 10K speed skater, Olympics gold 1972
1944 Daniel Morelon, born in France, 1K speed skater, Olympics gold 1968, 72
1943 Jonny Nilsson, Sweden, 10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold
1940 "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
1939 Lydia Skoblikova, U.S.S.R., speed skater, Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64
1938 Atje Keulen-Deelstra, Holland, speed skater, world champ
1938 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 357.5 MPH
1938 John Cobb sets world auto speed record at 350.2 MPH (lasts 1 day)
1938 Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater, Olympics gold 1972
1938 Malcolm Keith Speed, British high court judge
1937 George E T Eyston sets world auto speed record at 345.49 MPH
1935 England establishes 30 MPH speed limit for towns and villages
1934 Helga Haase, German FR, 500m speed skater 1960 Olympics gold
1934 Keith Speed, British MP
1934 Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, Unsafe at Any Speed
1933 Knut Johannesen, Norway, 5K/10K speed skater 1964 Olympic gold
1932 Malcolm Campbell drives record speed (253.96 mph) at Daytona
1931 Yevgeni Grischin, U.S.S.R., 500m/1500m speed skater, Oly-gold-1956, 60
1931 Capt G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph)
1930 Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph
1929 Kenneth Henry, U.S., 500m speed skater 1952 Olympics gold
1928 Kees [Cornelis] Broekman, Dutch speed skater 1952 Olympics silver
1925 Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51
1924 Malcolm Campbell sets world auto speed record at 146.16 MPH
1923 Hjalmar Andersen, born in Norway, 1500, 5K, 10K speed skater, 1952 Olympics gold
1922 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho
1921 Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records
1919 Ake Seyffarth, 10K speed skater 1948 Olympics gold
1918 Margaret Owen sets world typing speed record of 170 wpm for 1 min
1918 Don Castle, Texas, actor, Born to Speed, Tombstone, Motor Patrol
1911 Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph, 133 kph
1911 Charles Mathiesen, Norway, 1500m speed skater 1936 Olympics gold
1910 John Shea, U.S., 500m/1500m speed skater 1932 Olympics gold
1910 Barney Oldfield sets land speed record of 131.7 mph at Daytona
1906 Frank Stack, Canada, speed skater, Olympic-bronze-1932
1904 Camille Jenatzy sets world auto speed record at 65.79 MPH
1904 Ivar Ballangrud, born in Norway, Olympic speed skater, 4 gold, 2 silver
1904 Milton Krims, writer, Speed
1901 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds
1900 Charles Jewtraw, U.S., 500m speed skater 1924 Olympics gold
1899 Doris Speed, actress, Annie-Coronation Street
1898 Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)
1893 Clas Thunberg, born in Finland, speed skater, Olympics gold 1924, 1928
1879 James Clerk Maxwell, Scotish physicist (speed of light), dies at 48
1873 Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling and speed skating
1865 Great Britain delegate's world 1st maximum speed laws
1851 J M William Turner, British painter (Rain, Steam and Speed), dies at 76
1817 Speed Smith Fry, Brig General Union volunteers, died in 1892
1812 James Speed, Atty Gen Union, died in 1887
1652 New Amsterdam (now New York City) passes 1st speed limit law in US
1644 Olaus Romer, Denmark, 1st to accurately measured speed of light
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