saint0917
August 7th, 2009, 12:22 PM
8/7/74:
Six years of preparation pay off when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, helped by some friends, stretches a 450-pound cable between the still-unfinished World Trade Center twin towers in lower Manhattan and makes eight crossings (four round-trips) before being coaxed down by the NYPD. The early-morning stunt lasts about 75 minutes and generates such public acclaim that all criminal trespassing charges are dropped.
B I R T H D A Y S
Don Larsen b. 1929
Abebe Bikila b. 1932
Carlos Monzon b. 1942
Alan Page b. 1945
Sidney Crosby b. 1987
Six years of preparation pay off when French high-wire artist Philippe Petit, helped by some friends, stretches a 450-pound cable between the still-unfinished World Trade Center twin towers in lower Manhattan and makes eight crossings (four round-trips) before being coaxed down by the NYPD. The early-morning stunt lasts about 75 minutes and generates such public acclaim that all criminal trespassing charges are dropped.
B I R T H D A Y S
Don Larsen b. 1929
Abebe Bikila b. 1932
Carlos Monzon b. 1942
Alan Page b. 1945
Sidney Crosby b. 1987