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Wilbur Was Born
Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana, the middle child in a family of five children. -
Orville Was Born
Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio, one of five children of Susan Catherine Koerner, and Milton Wright -
First Business
when he was only 18 years old, Orville left high school and started a printing business, using a press that he had made himself.Wilbur joined the business, and they did very well. -
Why they started on planes
After there brother died they spent a lot of time in the library reading about planes because there brother died from a gust of wing on a glider. -
Bicycling Shop
when bicycling had become popular, the enterprising Wright brothers decided to open a bicycle repair shop across the street. Eventually they were building and selling custom-made bicycles as well as repairing them. -
First Powered Human Flight
They achieved powered human flight, and Orville was the pilot of the plane. -
President Contacted Them
Finally President Theodore Roosevelt contacted the Wright brothers and signed a deal with them to build airplanes for the US army. They continued to design and manufacture planes until...1912 when Wilbur Wright died. -
Wilbur's death
Wilbur died of typhoid fever he died in Dayton, Ohio. -
Orville's Death
He died in Dayton.