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On 30 June 1859 Frenchman Charles Blondin (1824-1897) famously crossed Niagara Gorge, on the border between the USA and Canada, on a tightrope. The Gorge is 1100 ft. long and over 160 ft. above the water. This was merely the beginning of the ways he would perform the stunt however. How else did he do…
I was born in Huanggang, China, in 1908. After training as a soldier, I became a leader in the Chinese Communist Party During the Chinese Civil War (1927-1950) my leadership was pivotal in a string of Communist victories. After the war I initially avoided politics, but later became minister of defence in 1959. In 1968…
