In Paris, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-François_Pilâtre_de_Rozier" id="mwPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier">Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/François_Laurent_d'Arlandes" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="François Laurent d'Arlandes">François Laurent d'Arlandes</a> make the first untethered <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_air_balloon" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hot air balloon">hot air balloon</a> flight.