Full Definition of SENSATION. 1. a: a mental process (as seeing, hearing, or smelling) resulting from the immediate external stimulation of a sense organ often as distinguished from a conscious awareness of the sensory process â compare perception b: awareness (as of heat or pain) due to stimulation of a sense organ.
Making the world better, one answer at a time. The first modern bungee jumps took place on April 1st, 1979. They were done from the 250-foot Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol, by members of the Oxford University Dangerous Sports Club. 1 person found this useful.
It happened during the long jump competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in full view of Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader sitting in the VIP stand. American athlete Jesse Owens had just made his sixth and final jump, a winning 8.06 meters (26 feet 5 inches). Long approached his rival in the sandpit and congratulated him on his gold medal. Owens would later say, Hitler must have gone crazy watching us embrace..