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Events on Wednesday 7 August 1974 1
1974Philippe Petit walks between the Twin TowersHigh-wire artist crosses the World Trade CenterFrench high-wire artist Philippe Petit illegally rigged a cable between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and walked between them, roughly 1,350 feet above the street. The stunt was later chronicled in the documentary Man on Wire.