1996 Event 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2 1977 Event Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City 1976 Event Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France 1975 Event 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144) 1973 Event At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes 1970 Event Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport 1970 Event Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1969 Event 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde 1968 Event 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144) 1962 Event A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds 1955 Event 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith 1954 Event Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning 1951 Birthday Slick Watts, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic 1948 Birthday Fred Brown, NBAer, Seattle SuperSonic 1947 Birthday John Johnson, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic 1947 Event Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015) 1943 Birthday Paul Silas, NBAer, Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic
