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15 reasons this famous Wright brothers celebration was Dayton's biggest party ever
Dayton Daily News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMay 27—By the spring of 1909, Orville and Wilbur Wright had shown in a series of European exhibitions that powered flight was real and safe. When they returned to the United States, their hometown ...
On This Day, Dec. 17: Wright brothers make first sustained flight
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright made history's first sustained airplane flight, lasting 12 seconds...
Today in History: The Wright Brothers’ first flight
WFLA via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Dec. 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, North...
Southern hospitality and steady winds: What made North Carolina the ‘first in flight’ choice 120...
WNCN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe Wright Brothers were innovators since childhood, and on that day — with the help of some North...
Fun facts enhance children's picture book illustrations in 'OHIO: The Start of it All'
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLANCASTER — Who knew that the very first speeding ticket in the United States was handed out in 1904 in Dayton? The perp was traveling an obscene 12 miles per hour. Or that America’s first junior ...
Do I, Or Don't I Go Home For The Holidays?
Blavity via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWith the holidays underway this year, I thought it would be a great time to add some perspective. Although it’s nice to be away from constant...
Plan to house migrants at Far Northwest Side college met with boos and support as total new arrivals...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFar Northwest Side neighbors bitterly shouted down city officials and each other during a divisive meeting convened Tuesday on a plan to house hundreds of migrants at Wilbur Wright College.
Who is Storm Huntley? Presenter rumoured to replace Holly Willoughby on This Morning
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoITV executives might have found their favourite to replace Holly Willoughby on the sofa for This...
Expansion of trails part of $5 million awarded by Ball Brothers Foundation
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMUNCIE, Ind. − Ball Brothers Foundation has approved 36 grants totaling $5 million in its second and...
The Day Most Important to Understanding the Israel-Palestine Conflict Is Here
Slate via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Holy Land and its syzygy of faiths has no natives, only interlopers. Nobody calls holiness...