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Orville Wright was born in Dayton, Ohio, On 7 Hawthorn Street.
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Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana.
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He was born on this date
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THe Wright Family moved from Richmond, Indiana back to Dayton, Ohio less than a month before Wilbur would have graduated high school
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Eddie Rickenbacker was born
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Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas on this day.
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At Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, THE WRIGHT FLYER became the first powered, heavier-than-air machine to achieve controlled, sustained flight with a pilot aboard.
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With the flight completed in 37 minutes, Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly in a heavier-than-air vehicle across the English Channel
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Harriet Quimby took off from Dover, England in route to Calais, France. She made the flight in 59 minutes. She became the first woman to fly the English Channel.
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He became the first lieutenant in World War One.
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Air Mail began on this day
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Eddie Rickenbacker shot down 2 German planes during World War One.
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Charles Lindbergh became the first man across the Atlantic ocean
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Charles Lindbergh started his nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amelia earhart and George Putnam got married.
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Charles Lindbergh`s baby, Charles A. Lindbergh jr., was kidnapped from his own home.
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In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
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Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappeared while on a flight around the world.
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This was the last known time of communication between Earhart and Noonan and a nearby ship.
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HE died early on this day
