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A photo of John Rogers Thomas

John Rogers Thomas

John Rogers Thomas (March 26, 1829 – April 5, 1896) was an American composer, pianist, and singer of Welsh descent. He wrote more than one hundred popular American songs during the nineteenth century.

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An image of A depiction of Sadler and his balloon at the Grand Jubilee of 1814
A depiction of Sadler and his balloon at the Grand Jubilee of 1814

On this day in 1817

William Sadler makes the first balloon crossing of the Irish Sea. He flew from Portobello Barracks, Rathmines, to Anglesey, Wales, in six hours.

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