Alberto Santos-Dumont, flying his No.6 airship, won a 100,000-franc prize
Time: Saturday Oct 19, 1901
Place: Paris, France
Details: On 19 October 1901, Alberto Santos-Dumont, flying his No.6 airship, won a 100,000-franc prize offered by Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe for the first person to make a flight from St. Cloud to the Eiffel Tower and back in less than half an hour.
‹ Earlier in historyMoedwil BattleMonday Sep 30, 1901 Later in history ›Battle of DriefonteinThursday Oct 24, 1901
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