The CN Tower was completed today in 1975.
Here are some pics of the wild things people have done with the tower in its history.
The human fly, Dan Goodwin, climbs up the outside of the CN Tower on June 26, 1986.
📸Doug Griffith
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Stuntman Roger Brown rolls down the 1,760 steel steps of the CN Tower while Ray Dilling and Dan McIntyre lug a fridge up those same stairs to the top as part of the United Way CN Tower Climb on Oct. 24, 1985.
📸John Mahler
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Janet Whyte Arscott and her unnamed husband get married 1,150 feet in the air on the top of the CN Tower on May 26, 1975.
📸Graham Bezant
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Hollywood stuntman Dar Robinson jumps from the CN Tower with a special parachute that took him to the ground safely on Sept. 21, 1979.
In all, he fell 1,175 feet, reaching 102 miles per hour in his descent.
📸Erin Combs
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As part of the CBC program A World of Music, Charlotte Moon, Sarah Davidson, Judy Loman and Nora Bumanis get ready to perform with their harps at the top of the CN Tower on June 3, 1987.
📸Bernard Weil
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Stuntman Terry McGauran rides his motorcycle up the CN Tower to mark the eighth anniversary of the opening of the Tower. His ride, which took place on June 26, 1984, ended up in the Guinness Book of World Records.
📸Tony Bock
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