04 January, 1967
Donald Campbell's hydroplane Bluebird K7 somersaults and crashes on Coniston Water in the English Lake District, killing Campbell while he was trying to break his own world water speed record of 267mph. The wreckage and Campbell's body were not recovered until 2001.
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