Timeline of parkour

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This is the timeline of parkour.

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27 April 1875 - Georges Hébert born in Paris.
3 October 1939 - Raymond Belle is born in Vietnam (known as French Indochina).^[1]
2 August 1957 - Georges Hébert dies in Tourgéville.
1958 - at age 19, Raymond completes his military training.^[1]
29 April 1973 - David Belle is born in Fecamp, France.^[2]
1987 - David moves to Lisses. (*3C)^{[verification needed]}
1987 - David and Sébastien Foucan meet (*1A)
1993 - David joins the military firefighters brigade (*3C)
1995-1997 - L'art du déplacement starts development (*1A)
31 May 1997 - Yamakasi association created (by Foucan) (*1A)
May 1997 - David Belle shows his first footage to the media (*2B)
17 February 1998 - Yamakasi association dissolved (*1A)
11 April 1998 - Yamakasi association created again (by the "Notre dame de paris" acrobats) (*1A)
1998 - David Belle and Hubert Koundé come up with the term "parkour", ownership of the term is equally shared by David and Sébastien Foucan. (*4D)^{[verification needed]}
31 May 2000 - Foucan creates another association, without Belle. (*1A)
2001: " Yamakasi - Les samouraes des temps modernes movie" is produced with the Yamakasi group.
April 2002 - "Rush Hour" spot on BBC starring David starts to appear on TV.
September 2003 - Sébastien Foucan features in the Jump London documentary on UK television Channel 4 and later continues to be shown around the world on Discovery Channel.
2004 - Belle and Raffaelli star in the District 13 movie, with lots of parkour scenes.
2005 - PAWA is created by David Belle, to "show, transmit and develop parkour all over the world".
2006 - Sébastien Foucan appears in Casino Royale.
2007 - Cyril Raffaelli appears in Live Free or Die Hard

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b Raymond's Belle biography. Original French biography sourced from 'Allo Dix-Huit', the magazine of the Parisian pompiers.. Parkour.NET (2006-02-17). Archived from the original on 2006-02-17. Retrieved on 2007-09-29.
^ David Belle's biography (website). French biography referenced to www.david-belle.com. Jerome Lebret (2005-12-16). Archived from the original on 2005-12-16. Retrieved on 2007-04-12.