December 17 1903
near Kitty Hawk North Carolina Wilbur and Orville Wright conduct the first
successful man of powered flight of the airplane the brothers achieve a
pioneering feet with their experimental craft dubbed the Wright Flyer 1957 the
United States successfully test fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic
missile for the first time initially designed to carry a nuclear warhead the
Atlas later boosts America's space program into orbit 1830 Seimone believe
this South American patriot who led revolutions against Spain's colonial
rule dies in Columbia
and 1969
before reality TV there was light attempt the singer marries his fiancee
miss Vicky on NBC's Tonight Show and haven't seen by some 50 million today in
history is tempers seventy Mike Gracia The Associated Press