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.
Bloodhound SSC: Meet the fastest car ever made. Part spaceship, part racing car, part jet fighter, we go behind-the-scenes to discover how to reach 1,000mph on land. Dubbed as the Concorde for this generation by its makers, the SSC in Bloodhound SSC stands for supersonic car. If all goes to plan, the hope is this vehicle will smash not only the current land speed record but also the air speed record by exceeding 1,000mph (1,600km/h).