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This Week in Outdoor History: First Parachute Jump

Filed in archive Outdoor News by Terah Shelton on October 25, 2007

This week in outdoor history features:

October 18, 1968: The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes for giving a "Black Power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.

October 22, 1797: Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon.

October 24, 1901: Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

Thanks Infoplease!

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