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Paris' Eiffel Tower turns 100
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PARIS Champagne flowed, confetti fluttered and 21 guns fired a
salute to a troupe of perspiring actors who climbed 1,710 stairs to
the top of the Eiffel Tower on Friday for the centennial of the
Parisian landmark.
The 30 huffing and puffing performers followed in the footsteps
of Alexandre Gustave Eiffel, who on March 31, 1889, marked the
completion of what was then the world's tallest tower by climbing
1,000 feet to the top and unfurling a blue-, white- and red-colored
flag.
For the centennial celebration, the three levels of the soaring
pig-iron tower were transformed into outdoor ...
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Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
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