Original: Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 â "April 29, 1921) was an American adventurer who became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel on her 63rd birthday, October 24, 1901.
Simplified: Annie Edson Taylor (October 24, 1838 â "April 29, 1921) was an American school-teacher and adventurer. She was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel without dying.