 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Letter: ON THIS DAY . . .(Letters)
; 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon by filling paper...
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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On this day.(Features)
; 1740: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. 1819: Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, was born in Bavaria. 1936: The...
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 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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You say: Stop the Clock: August 26.(Comment)
; 1740 - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in France. 1920 - Women in the USA were given the right to vote. 1936 - The BBC transmitted the first...
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Anniversaries
; Births: Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, statesman, 1676; Joseph- Michel Montgolfier, balloonist, 1740; Joseph Christoph Kessler (Kotzler), pianist and composer, 1800; Prince Albert, Consort to Queen Victoria, 1819; Lee De Forest, radio and...
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You Can't Keep a Good Balloon Down -- The 12th annual Great Prosser Balloon Rally -- postponed after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks --- is set to take off
; this weekend By SUSAN MARIONNEAUX VOICES CORRESPONDENT PROSSER - Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French inventors of hot air balloons, never dreamed anything other than lightning and heavy winds could keep their balloons from...
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ON THIS DAY.(Features)
; 1346 Edward III, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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IT HAPPENED TODAY
; ...III of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. 1740: Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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 "The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)")
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Take a break: A STEP BACK IN TIME.(Features)
; ...III of England, aided by his son Edward the Black Prince, defeated the French at The Battle of Crecy. n 1740 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, pioneer balloonist, was born in Annonay, France. He and his brother created the idea for the hot air balloon...
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Fly away in a balloon; Hot-air flight is for fun, research.(LIFE - SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY)
; ...when two French brothers, Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier, launched a manned hot-air...around. Shortly after the Montgolfier brothers came up with their...burner to heat the air. The Montgolfier brothers may have been the...
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Aviation firsts: That's one small step for ewe...(The Home Forum)
; ...two papermakers, brothers Joseph Michel and Jacques Etienne Montgolfier. The two had discovered...This success encouraged the Montgolfier brothers to talk two men...successful flights, the Montgolfier brothers advanced the thinking...
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