On this day in 1797, Frenchman André-Jacque Garnerin became the world's first person to jump with a parachute. He jumped from a hyrdrogen balloon that rose above Parc Monceau in Paris that reached a ...
Oct. 22 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1797, the first silk parachute jump from a high altitude was made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who dropped in a basket released from a balloon at 3,300 feet ...
Today’s cinematic Google Doodle honors André-Jacques Garnerin, who was the inventor of the modern frameless parachute. Garnerin’s successful parachute jump occurred 216 years ago today, on October 22, ...