Ed Yost makes the first free flight of a modern hot-air balloon Bruning, Nebraska.
Happend on 21. October 1973
John Paul Getty III's ear is cut off by his kidnappers and sent to a newspaper in Rome; it doesn't arrive until November 8.
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There were 250,000 people there and it was a awsome feeling and sight. It was like looking out at a river of color. You couldn't see anybody's face, just a blur. What a feeling, let me tell ya.
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