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  1. The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.

  2. Aug 19, 2016 · Today in 1871, aviator and inventor Orville Wright was born to Milton and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright. Orville was the sixth of seven children born to the Wrights. At an early age he was intrigued by mechanical things.

  3. Orville Wright: his birthday, what he did before fame, his family life, fun trivia facts, popularity rankings, and more.

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    • August 19, 1871
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  4. Aug 18, 2021 · One of the two very first aviators, Orville Wright was still alive when president Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 proclaimed his birthday on Aug. 19 to be National Aviation Day to recognize the rapid advancements in aviation.

    • Orville was a thrifty hipster. In modern-day Portland or Brooklyn, New York, Orville Wright would have fit right in. Aside from the bushy mustache, a 1909 photograph portrayed Orville as a sharp but simple dresser who wore “snappy argyle socks” with wingtips, at a time when the latter were replacing boots as the popular fashion.
    • Some say Orville was on the autism spectrum. Both brothers possessed a singular determination and focus when it came to their pursuits, but neither enjoyed celebrity after becoming internationally famous.
    • Orville and Wilbur didn’t care for dating. Katharine Wright, born three years to the day after Orville, was essentially the only female figure in Orville and Wilbur’s adult lives.
    • He helped to launch the career of an African-American poet. While Wilbur was the entrepreneur behind first plane, Orville was the project’s engineering maestro.
  5. Birthday: August 19, 1871 ( Leo) Born In: Dayton, Ohio, United States. Inventors #4. Aviators #2. Miscellaneous #73. Quick Facts. Died At Age: 76. Family: father: Milton Wright. mother: Susan Catherine Koerner. siblings: Ida Wright, Katharine Wright, Lorin Wright, Otis Wright, Reuchlin Wright, Wilbur Wright. Born Country: United States.

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  7. Katharine Wright, born 1874, shared her birthday with Orville Wright. She took her mother's place as head of the Wright household when she was just 15 and continued to serve as the mistress of the Wright home until 1926.

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