Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier did their first public demo of their Hot Air Balloon, over in France, on this date, but in 1783. It was a successful experiment, all things considered.
When the balloon drifted down in a field, the natives massacred it, for reasons known best to them. (They were French, in case that helps understand their state of mind.)
The little crowd in the picture represents the first critters to ever go up in a balloon, which they did in September. All except the Rhino, which was too heavy. Everybody came down safe and sound.
Soon after, people went up, but YIR can’t cover everything, n’est-ce pas?
Your Inner Rhino 
Boy, stick with this blog long enough, and you will gradually find yourself impressively educated about God knows what. And more even than that!
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and He does.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Your Inner Rhino wrote:
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