Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier by leaping from space on October 14, 2012, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager's initial sound barrier-breaking flight. Baumgartner jumped from 39 km above Roswell, NM and became the first person to break the sound barrier without the aid of any vehicle. More than 8 million people watched the event live and over 3 million tweets were sent during Baumgartner's record-breaking skydive.

10. On 14 October 2012, exactly 65
years after Chuck Yeager first
broke the sound barrier, Felix
Baumgartner leapt 39 Km from
space, breaking the sound barrier,
to land in Roswell NM.
More than 8 million people
watched the event live, and more
than 3 million tweets were sent
during the event.