On this day in 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton to orbit in Space. In 1990 in France, a modified TGV train achieved a new rail world speed record of 320.1 mph. In 1958, an F-104 Starfighter set a world speed record of 1,404.19 mph. In 1953, Jackie Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier. And in 1910, the Earth passed through the tail of Comet Halley. Happy Birthday Tina Fey (1970), Yannick Noah (1960), Chow Yun-Fat (1955), Reggie Jackson (1946), Perry Como (1912) and Frank Capra (1897). RIP U.C. Berkeley's "Naked Guy" Andrew Martinez (2006), cartoon voice actor Daws Butler (1988), Joy Division singer Ian Curtis (1980) and first U.S. Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin (1973). "If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?" - Abraham Lincoln