As five thousand people looked on, Jean-Francois Gravelet became the first person to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope on this day in 1859 - June 30. Known professionally as Emile Blondin, the daredevil performed his amazing walk 160 feet above the Niagara Gorge, just downriver from the falls. The walk was the first of several Niagara tightrope walks that "The Breat Blondin" performed from 1859 to 1860.

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