2014 Event 17-year-old Katie Ledecky, the current world record holder for fastest 400-meter freestyle, breaks her own record at the Pan Pacific championships 2013 Event Within days of its launch, the 'Grand Theft Auto V' videogame reaches sales of $1billion, becoming the fastest single entertainment product ever to achieve these sales 2013 Event Once the world's fastest computer, the IBM Roadrunner, was decommissioned; advances in chip design have surpassed its capabilities 2012 Event Sequoia, IMB's Blue Gene/Q system installed at the Department of Energy becomes the world's fastest supercomputer 2010 Event The German economy reports 2.2 percent quarterly growth, the fastest quarterly growth in over 20 years 1995 Event Howard Stern's 2nd book "Miss America" released (fastest selling ever) 1993 Event St. Louis reliever Lee Smith is fastest to get 40 saves 1993 Event Glen Chapple (Lancs) scores fastest F-C century, 21 minutes 1992 Event Fastest yodeler-22 tones/15 falsetto in 1 sec by Thomas School of Germ 1990 Event New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats) 1989 Event Greg LeMond wins Tour de France in fastest time 1989 Event Mark McGwire's gets 100th home run, 2nd fastest (1400 at bats) (to Kiner) 1988 Event Milwaukee Bucks win their 1,000th NBA game (2nd fastest) 1988 Event Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph) 1987 Event Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 1985 Event Shelley Taylor of Australia makes fastest swim ever around Manhattan Island, doing it in 6 hours 12 minutes 29 seconds 1985 Event Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) 1985 Event New Jersey Devils score their fastest hat trick in 42 seconds 1983 Event Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) 1983 Event Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) 1983 Event Calvin Smith of U.S. becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m) 1982 Event Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year 1981 Event Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes fastest NHLer to get 100 pts (38th game) 1981 Event British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest and fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles) 1980 Event Chantal Langlace sets women's record for fastest 100K run (7h27m22s) 1976 Event Bobby Unser sets world record for fastest pit stop (4 seconds) 1975 Event Fastest hat trick by a Washington Capitals 3 minutes 26 seconds (Stan Gilbertson) 1975 Event Fastest Earth-bound object, 7200 kph, in vacuum centrifuge, England 1974 Event California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH) 1973 Birthday Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist 1972 Event Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) 1955 Event Mont Canadien Jean Beliveau scores 2nd fastest hat trick (44 seconds) 1953 Event Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston 1952 Birthday Graham Salmon, blind runner, fastest 100m by a blind man 1945 Event Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) 1943 Event Fastest 9 inning AL baseball game (89 minutes), White Sox beat Senators 1939 Birthday Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots, 345 mph 1919 Event Fastest major league game (51 minutes), Giants beat Phillies 6-1 1905 Event Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world, New York - Chicago in 18 hours 1901 Event 3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds 1895 Event J. T. Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 minutes) England vs. Australia 1810 Birthday Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
