HISTORY on Instagram: "Jean Francois Gravelet, a Frenchman known professionally as Charles Blondin, became the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope on #ThisDayInHistory in 1859. It was the
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30th June 1859: Charles Blondin became the first person to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope - YouTube
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Biography – GRAVELET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, known as Charles Blondin – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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Biography – GRAVELET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, known as Charles Blondin – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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Biography – GRAVELET, JEAN-FRANÇOIS, known as Charles Blondin – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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