Events. 1  Band Aid (1984), Live Aid (1985) and Sport Aid (1986), for famine relief in Ethiopia. 2  Walk Against Want in Australia. 3  Red Nose Day in the United Kingdom. 4  Christian Aid Week in the United Kingdom and Ireland. 5  If Day (1942) in Canada.
The SSC Ultimate Aero held the title of the fastest production car in the world, according to the Guinness World Records, from 2007 (when it was officially timed at 256.14 mph (412.22 km/h)) until the introduction of the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport in 2010.
Warner Robins, Georgia (CNN)Al Joersz and George Morgan remember the day they joined the ranks of the fastest men alive. In 1976 they smashed the world aviation speed record by blasting across the Western United States in America's super spy plane, the Lockheed SR-71. Official speed: 2,193 mph. It wasn't supposed to be that big of a deal, Joersz said on the phone from his home in Temple, Texas.