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Kirk Raymond Jones (1962 or 1963 – c. April 19, 2017) was an American who became the first person to survive going over Horseshoe Falls, the largest waterfall of Niagara Falls, without safety equipment, in 2003. He then went over Niagara Falls again in 2017 with a plastic ball and died.
His hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario celebrated him many times over his life, including in 2004, as their best athlete in its first 100 years. After his cycling career was over, he took over his father's automotive parts business in Niagara Falls. In 2023, he was diagnosed with Cancer, and died from the disease in March 2024.
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Shirley Geraldine Edwina Carr OC OOnt (May 1929 – June 24, 2010) was a Canadian union leader who was the first woman president of Canada's largest labour organization, the Canadian Labour Congress .
A woman and two children, including an infant, died at Niagara Falls after crossing the safety guard rails, New York State Police said. On Oct. 28, at approximately 9 p.m.,
Aug. 27—The first African-American to survive going over Niagara Falls passed away earlier this month. William Allen FitzGerald died on Aug. 8 in Bangkok at the age of 98. The Kingston, NY ...
Thousands of people have gone over Niagara Falls, either intentionally (as stunts or suicide attempts) or accidentally. The first recorded person to survive going over the falls was school teacher Annie Edson Taylor, who in 1901 successfully completed the stunt inside an oak barrel. In the following 124 years, thousands of people have been ...
Born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Bradley won the seat for the Haldimand—Norfolk electoral district in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in the 1980 and 1984 federal elections. In the 1988 federal election, he was defeated by Bob Speller of the Liberal party. Bradley served in the 31st, 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments.
Joseph Fred Hueglin (February 7, 1937 – July 5, 2022) was a Canadian politician who was a member of Parliament and a founder of the Progressive Canadian Party.. Born in Stratford, Ontario, Hueglin was elected to Parliament in 1972 in the riding of Niagara Falls as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC).