Franz Reichelt, "The Jumping Tailor" (Unknown - February 4, 1912) was an Austrian tailor known for his accidental suicide from the Eiffel Tower, at that time the tallest man-made structure in the world.
Reichelt designed an overcoat to fly or float its wearer gently to the ground like the modern parachute. To demonstrate his invention he made a jump of 60 meters from the first deck of the Tower. The parachute failed and Reichelt fell to his death. The jump was recorded by the cameras of the gathered press. The film ends with the police measuring the depth of the dent left in the ground.