The 63-Year-Old Who Rode Niagara Falls in a Barrel
On her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901, schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
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The Human Fly Climbs the World Trade Center
On May 26, 1977, Queens toymaker George Willig scaled the 110-story South Tower of the World Trade Center with homemade clamps — and was fined $1.10.