Kitty O'Neil's 77th Birthday

Kitty O'Neil was a stuntwoman and racer who was born on March 24, 1946, in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Despite being deaf since infancy, she became a highly skilled and accomplished stuntwoman, performing dangerous stunts in movies and television shows such as "Wonder Woman" and "The Bionic Woman". She also set several land-speed records, including a women's land-speed record of 618.260 miles per hour in a rocket-powered vehicle in 1976. She passed away on November 2, 2018, at the age of 72.

 Kitty O'Neil is often referred to as "the fastest woman alive" because of her record-setting achievement as a land-speed racer. In 1976, she set the women's land-speed record of 618.260 miles per hour (995.41 km/h) in a rocket-powered vehicle at the Alvord Desert in Oregon, USA. Her record stood for 27 years before being broken in 2013.

Kitty O'Neil began experimenting with high-speed sports at a young age. She was an accomplished diver and gymnast as a child, and later became interested in drag racing and other high-speed sports. She started racing boats and motorcycles in her late teens, and eventually began working as a stuntwoman in Hollywood in the 1970s. In addition to her work as a stuntwoman, O'Neil also pursued a career in land-speed racing, setting several records and becoming known as "the fastest woman alive."

 Kitty O'Neil was born on March 24, 1946, in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Today would have been her 77th birthday.