2012: Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner’s five years preparing for his record-breaking parachute jump paid off—he successfully leapt from 128,000 feet above Earth and broke the speed of sound during his descent.
1797: Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin performs the first parachute jump in a Parisian park; onlookers anxiously watch his balloon and parachute seemingly malfunction.
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