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World Record

Name: World Record – Great Britain factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Great Britain · Sport / Motor Racing. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1955Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1955

Donald Campbell24 July 1955

Sport / Motor Racing

Breaks the world land speed record

Names involved

Donald Campbell

Provenance

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