1994 Event Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) 1990 Event French TGV-train hits record speed of 510.6 kph 1989 Event France TGV train reaches world record speed of 482.4 kph 1986 Event 228 KPH gust of wind strikes Cairngorm (U.K. record) 1984 Event Franz Weber of Austria skis downhill at a record 209.8 kph 1983 Event Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car 1983 Event Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, California 1982 Event Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, New Mexico 1982 Event Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) 1981 Event Robin Leamy of U.S. swims record 7.98 kph for 50 m 1981 Event French Train Grande Vitesse averages 380 kph on trial run 1981 Event Rocket-powered ice sled attains 399 kph, Lake George, New York 1980 Event Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 kph 1980 Event Buddy Baker wins Daytona 500 (177.6 MPH/285.8 kph) 1980 Event Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft 1979 Event Budweiser rocket car reaches 1190 kph 1979 Event Fred Markham set a bicycle speed record of 818 kph over 200 m 1978 Event Ken Warby set world water speed record at 319.627 mph (514 kph) 1976 Event Eldon Joersz and Geo Morgan set world air speed record of 3,530 kph 1975 Event Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England 1974 Event Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) 1974 Event Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph 1971 Event Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race 1970 Event 240 KPH cyclone hits East Pakistan (Bangladesh); 3-500,000 die 1970 Event Gary Gabelich sets auto speed record 622.4 mph (1,001 kph) 1970 Event Concorde makes its 1st supersonic flight (700 MPH/1,127 KPH) 1969 Event Kenneth H. Wallis achieved record speed for an autogiro-179 KPH 1967 Event William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72 1966 Event Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph) 1965 Event Craig Breedlove sets land speed record (600.601 mph-966.57 kph) 1964 Event Lockheed SR-71 spy aircraft reaches 3,530 kph (record for a jet) 1964 Event Craig Breedlove sets auto speed record of 846.97 kph 1964 Event Don Campbell sets record for turbine vehicle, 690.91 kph (429.31 mph) 1962 Event NASA civilian pilot Joseph Walker takes X-15 to 6,606 kph, 37,700 m 1959 Event USAF rocket-powered rail sled attains Mach 4.1 (4970 kph), New Mexico 1958 Event Walter Irwin flies 2,259 KPH in F-104A Starfighter 1958 Event Wind speed reaches 450 kph in tornado, Wichita Falls, Texas (record) 1957 Event Major Adrian Drew flies 1,943 kph in F-101 Voodoo 1956 Death Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash 1956 Event 1st motorcycle rode over 200 mph (Wilhelm Herz-210 mph/338 kph) 1956 Event Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph 1956 Event Peter Twiss sets new world air record 1,132 mph (1,823 kph) 1955 Event 1st speed-boat to exceed 200 mph (322 kph) (D M Campbell) 1955 Event 1st airplane to exceed 1800 mph (2897 kph)-HA Hanes, Palmdale, California 1953 Event Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A 1952 Event North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH 1951 Event Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph 1948 Event F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record of 1080 kph 1948 Event U.S. rocket flies record 4800 KPH to 126k height 1947 Event Marion Carl in D-558-I sets world aircraft speed record, 1,047 kph 1947 Event Turner Caldwell in D-558-I sets aircraft speed record, 1131 kph 1947 Event 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca 1945 Event New world air speed record 606 mph (975 kph) set by HJ Wilson of RAF 1945 Event Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) 1939 Event New York Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) 1939 Event John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH (593.48 KPH) at Bonneville Flats 1937 Event Messerschmidt ME-109V13 flies world record 610.4 kph 1933 Event 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il 1931 Event Captain G H Stainworth flies world speed record (655 kph) 1930 Event Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph) 1930 Event Clessie Cummins sets diesel engine speed record of 129.39 kph 1928 Event Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 1923 Event U.S. lt Al Williams fly 392.2 KPH (record) 1912 Event J Verdrines becomes 1st to fly over 100 mph (107 mph/172 kph) 1912 Event J. Vedrines makes 1st airplane flight over 100 mph - 161.29 kph 1911 Event Nieuport sets an aircraft speed record of 83 mph, 133 kph 1911 Event 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) 1905 Event 1st auto to exceed 100 mph (161 kph), A G MacDonald, Daytona Beach 1898 Event Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph) 1895 Event Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph)
