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1996 50th NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Seat Supersonic, 4 games to 2

1977 Supersonic Concorde jet's 1st landing in New York City

1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain and France

1975 1st supersonic transport service (U.S.S.R.-Tupolev-144)

1973 At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes

1970 Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport

1970 Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH)

1969 1st test flight of the supersonic Concorde

1968 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)

1962 A bear becomes the 1st creature to be ejected at supersonic speeds

1955 1st aviator to bail out at supersonic speed-GF Smith

1954 Boscombe Down 1st flight of supersonic P-1 Lightning

1951 Slick Watts, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic

1948 Fred Brown, NBAer, Seattle SuperSonic

1947 John Johnson, NBA, Seattle SuperSonic

1947 Chuck Yeager in Bell XS-1 makes 1st supersonic flight (Mach 1.015)

1943 Paul Silas, NBAer, Boston Celtic, Seattle SuperSonic


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