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First Man to Go Over Niagra Falls in a Rubber Ball

About the first man to go over niagra falls in a rubber ball Mr. Jean Lussier in 1928.

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Over Niagara Falls in a Ball. "The 1st person to go over Niagara Falls in a rubber ball was Jean Lussier who made the descent July 4, 1928, in a ball of his own construction weighing 750 lbs. and costing $1,485. It was equipped with oxygen tanks and reinforced with cushions. It was set adrift from a launch and went over the Horseshoe Falls."

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