✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
First balloon flight: 1783; Benjamin Franklin: 1706–1790 — that is 7 years later.
When people first flew in a hot-air balloon, Benjamin Franklin was still alive.
Who and what
- First manned balloon flight1783 · Paris. For the first time, people rise into the sky
- Benjamin Franklin1706–1790 · American scientist and statesman
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