The+Man+who+Walked+Between+the+Towers

= __The Man who Walked Between the Towers__ = -Mordicai Gerstein

The Man who Walked Between the Towers is the story of Philippe Petit, a street performer who walked between the Twin Towers on a tightrope in the year 1974.

Here is a video I found on YouTube about this story!

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Other cool and interesting things that happened in 1974:
[|April 24] – Author, [|Stephen King] publishes his first novel, [|Carrie] [|May 4] – An all-female [|Japanese] team climbs to the top of [|Manaslu] in [|Nepal], becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak! [|May 30] – [|NASA] 's [|ATS-6] satellite is launched. [|June 13] – The [|1974 FIFA World Cup] begins in [| Germany] [|April 24] – Author, [|Stephen King] publishes his first novel, [|Carrie] [|May 4] – An all-female [|Japanese] team climbs to the top of [|Manaslu] in [|Nepal], becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak! [|May 30] – [|NASA] 's [|ATS-6] satellite is launched. [|June 13] – The [|1974 FIFA World Cup] begins in [| Germany]. [|June 26] – The [|Universal Product Code] (UPC) is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum in Troy, Ohio. [|August 8] – [|Watergate scandal] : U.S. President [|Richard Nixon] announces his resignation (effective  [|August 9]  ). [|October 30] – [|The Rumble in the Jungle] takes place in [|Kinshasa], [|Zaire] , where [|Muhammad Ali] knocks out [|George Foreman] in 8 rounds to regain the [|Heavyweight] title!

Some famous people who born in 1974 include:

 * [|Tiffani Amber Thiessen] (American actress)
 * [|Steve Nash] (Canadian basketball player)
 * [|Mark-Paul Gosselaar] (American actor)
 * [|Eva Mendes] (American actress)
 * [|Jenna Fischer] (American actress)
 * [|Marcus Camby] (American basketball player)
 * [|Alyson Hannigan] (American actress)
 * [|Victoria Beckham] (English singer)
 * [|Shavo Odadjian] (Rock bassist of // [|System of a Down] //)
 * [|Penélope Cruz] (Spanish actress)
 * [|Alanis Morissette] (Canadian singer)
 * [|Derek Jeter] (American baseball player)
 * [|Hilary Swank] (American actress)
 * [|Ben Wallace] (American basketball player)
 * [|Rasheed Wallace] (American basketball player)
 * [|Xzibit] (American rapper)
 * [|Jimmy Fallon], (American actor and comedian)
 * [|Matt Hardy] (American professional wrestler)
 * [|Gary Hall, Jr.] (American swimmer)
 * [|Dale Earnhardt, Jr.] (American race car driver)
 * [|Jason Arnott] (Canadian hockey player)
 * [|Paul Kariya] (Canadian hockey player)
 * [|Joaquin Phoenix] (American actor)
 * [|Nelly] (American rapper)
 * [|Cedric Bixler-Zavala] (Mexican-American singer)
 * [|Ryan Adams] (American singer and songwriter)
 * [|Jerry Stackhouse] (American basketball player)
 * [|Leonardo DiCaprio] (American actor)
 * [|Chad Kroeger] (Canadian singer)
 * [|Meg White] (American rock drummer of // [|The White Stripes] //)
 * [|Rey Mysterio] (American professional wrestler)
 * [|Kari Byron] (American artist and television personality)
 * [|Ryan Seacrest] (American television personality)