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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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