At the Academy of Music in New York City, William Hanlon debuts his celebrated trapeze act

At the Academy of Music in New York City, nineteen-year old English aerialist William Hanlon premiered his " Zampillaerostation."  This acrobatic display, assisted by Hanlon's three brothers, used a series of metal frames and wires that allowed him to somersault the length of the house on trapezes. The act played for three weeks at the Academy and cemented the Hanlon Brothers' growing reputation as aerialists.  (By John Osborne)