First fatal ballooning accident, 15 June 1785. Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain, French aeronauts, at Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais when balloon

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First fatal ballooning accident, 15 June 1785. Death of Pilatre de Rozier and Pierre Romain, French aeronauts, at Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais when balloon deflated and crashed during attempt to cross English Channel.

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