The Shinkansen (Bullet Train) network of high-speed railway lines in Japan opens to coincide with the Tokyo Olympics with the first trains traveling at 210 km/h (130 mph). The current models can achieve speeds in excess of 300 MPH.
Boeing Airplane Company became one of the signature corporations of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest and dominated the regional economy for most of the twentieth century. William Edward Boeing was born on October 1, 1881, in Detroit, Michigan,