First recognized land-speed record
- WHO
- Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat
- WHAT
- 39.24 mile(s) per hour
- WHERE
- France (Acheres,)
- WHEN
- 18 December 1898
Gaston de Chasseloup-Laubat (France), driving the electric Jeantaud Duc, achieved a speed of 39.24 mi/h in Acheres, Yvelines, France, on 18 December 1898.