Flight of the Wright brothers: 17 December 1903 - This Day in History

On this day in 1903 near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flights in an airplane—Orville first, gliding 120 feet (36.6 metres) through the air in 12 seconds.

More Events on this day:

1992: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was signed by the leaders of Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

1910: American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan.

1892: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker was first presented at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg.

1843: English novelist Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol.

1807: With Napoleon's decree of Milan, all neutral countries and allies of France were forbidden to trade with Britain.

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