Did you know, today is the day that the first hot air balloon capable of carrying passengers was introduced? I didn't either until I saw Google's special logo and clicked on it.

The Google Logo looks like this:

The Montgolfier brothers gave their first public demonstration of their invention on June 4, 1783.

Here is the Google result for first hot air balloon.

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