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On this date in history: In 1859, Frenchman Jean Francois Gravelet, known professionally as the Great Blondin, became the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. In 1870, Ada ...
Stroll Along the Gorge featuring a walk from Whirlpool State Park to Devil’s Hole State Park on a talk on the history and ...
Breathtaking tightrope tricks and high-wire stunts have been part of the Flying Wallenda family for seven generations, and today their good name will be put to the test once more as Nik Wallenda ...
It may not have been the most appropriate choice of phrase. But when Nik Wallenda was told he was to be allowed to attempt a tightrope walk across Niagara Falls, he said: ‘I’m thrilled to ...
The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died.
PARIS (AP) — The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry’s, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has ...
The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer known as Henry's, who balanced high above the Alps, Niagara Falls and for months over a supermarket in his hometown, has died.
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. PARIS — The celebrated French tightrope walker and chair-balancer ...
Nik Wallenda?s tightrope walk across Niagara Falls did exactly what both ABC and the towns of Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Niagara Falls, Ont. hoped it would: attract hordes of spectators.
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. – There was “wind coming from every which way,” mist so powerful it clouded his vision and an unfamiliar wire beneath him, but daredevil Nik Wallenda didn’t ...
His careful steps merged into a giant leap into the history books as he became the first person ever to walk across Niagara Falls on the tightrope. Wallenda walked across the roaring waters of ...
ONTARIO(CANADA): A daredevil American, Nik Wallenda, on Saturday became first person in the world to walk on a tightrope across the roaring Niagara Falls, separating US and Canada. A high-wire ...