Nik Wallenda became the first aerialist to walk directly over Niagara Falls on June 15, 2012, from the United States into Canada. Wearing a safety harness as required by ABC television, he crossed at …

The seven person pyramid, the Wallenda’s signature trick, has been keeping audiences on the edge of their seats since 1948 and is one of the most dangerous and thrilling acts ever performed in circus.

In 1978, at age 73, Wallenda attempted a walk between the two towers of the ten-story Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on a wire stretched 121 ft (37 metres) above the pavement. As a...

Jan 30, 2025 · On this day in history (Jan. 30, 1962), tragedy befell the great Wallendas, shown here on the high wire during their three-tier seven-person pyramid performance at the State Fair Coliseum in...

Karl Wallenda (born 1905, Magdeburg, Germany—died March 22, 1978, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was the founder of the Great Wallendas, a circus acrobatic troupe famed for their three-man-high pyramid …

On Tuesday January 30, 1962, the Wallenda family were performing for the Shrine Circus, at the State Fair Coliseum in Detroit Michigan.

Dec 5, 2025 · One of the most daring circus families in the world, the Wallendas, has held a prominent place in the circus and in Sarasota for the greater part of this century. The high-wire performers have …

Warren's tumbling skills got him the job of Aubie, the football mascot. He went on to graduate school at Florida State University where, while studying molecular and marine biology, he joined...

History Carla Wallenda, Karl Wallenda, Raymond Chitty, and Richard Guzman (Carla’s husband), c. 1965 Karl Wallenda was born in Magdeburg , Germany , in 1905 to an old circus family, and began …

Karl Wallenda was born on January 21, 1904 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Great Wallendas (1978), The DuPont Show of the Week (1961) and The Mike …