May 25, 1954
Bertha Omankowski and Roger Decugis wed on a tightrope 60 feet above a crowd of 20,000 gathered in Toulouse, France.
Image: Bettmann/Corbis
March 22, 1959
Nineteen-year-olds Roland Schmidt and Francine Pary, who perform as the "Sky Companions," approach the marital altar 60 feet above...