On this date in history: In 1783, the first public demonstration of a hot-air balloon occurred at Annonay, France. In 1784, France's Marie Thible of Lyons became the first woman to fly in a hot-air balloon. In 1896, Henry Ford wheeled his first car from a brick shed in Detroit and drove it around darkened streets on a trial run. In 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. In 1940, the World War II evacuation of Dunkirk, France, was completed . A flotilla of small boats spent nearly a week