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October 15: The Story of a Special Day

By Michael Dobson
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By Michael Dobson
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OCTOBER 15, 1783: FIRST MANNED FLIGHT! On October 15, 1783, the Montgolfier brothers send up the first balloon carrying a human being. Plus, Marie Antoinette is sentenced to the guillotine, Napoleon goes into exile for the final time, and "I Love Lucy" premiers on TV. October 15 is the birthday of Emeril Lagasse, P. G. Wodehouse, Penny Marshall, Nietzsche, Jim Palmer, and John L. Sullivan; Mata Hari, Cole Porter, and Hermann Goering died. October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, National Mushr...

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