15th November 1965 - Craig Breedlove sets new land-speed record

At the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, 28-year-old Californian Craig Breedlove sets a new land-speed record--600.601 miles per hour--in his car, the Spirit of America Sonic I, which cost $250,000 and is powered by a surplus jet engine.

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