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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1984
Page
11
Revelers from Canton's crowded streets to northern communes welcomed the Year of the Rat with fireworks and feasting as China marks a four day lunar new year festival. The government called it the most lavish celebration yet, aided by record firecracker sales in Beijing and a nationwide rise in consumer spending.
An 1783 balloon ascent carried a 25 minute drift of 50 miles over Paris witnessed by American diplomat Benjamin Franklin, marking two centuries of ballooning interest and prompting global astonishment at early aeronautics.
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