December 18th, 1898
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat sets the new land speed record going 39.245 mph, in a Jeantaud electric car. This is the first recognized land speed record. event on December 18, 1898. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around December 18, 1898
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