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Events on Friday 21 November 1783 1
1783First manned hot air balloon flightPilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes fly over ParisJean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes ascended over Paris in a hot air balloon built by the Montgolfier brothers, the first free flight carrying humans. The balloon rose from the Bois de Boulogne and flew about nine kilometers before landing safely. The flight proved that sustained human flight was possible.