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.
X-15 is the fastest plane in the world. Powered by a rocket engine, the X-15 is said to have reached speeds of Mach 6.85, or 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 kilometers per hour). Like the X-43, it too is launched mid-air from a B-52.