#OnThisDay, 24 Oct 1901, American Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first *person* to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
The cat did *not* do the stunt with her.
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Annie Edson Taylor standing with the barrel "Queen of the Mist". She is a white woman in a floor-length skirt, dark jacket and a big hat. A small pale cat is sitting on top of the barrel.
Annie Edson Taylor being helped ashore along a plank, having survived the falls. She is a white woman in a blouse and skirts.