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Georges Legagneux, French aviator (died 1914)
Georges Théophile Legagneux (24 December 1882 in Puteaux – 6 July 1914 in Saumur) was a French aviator, the first person to fly an aircraft in several countries, and the first to fly a fixed-wing aircraft higher than both 10,000 and 20,000 feet (3,048 and 6,096 m).
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Georges Legagneux was born in 1882. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
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| Measure | 1882 | 2026 |
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| Population | 51.9M | 341 million |
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