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1. airandspace.si.edu › stories › editorialOrville Wright Born Today in 1871 - National Air and Space Museum

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   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. One of his first interests was printing.

2. www.pbs.org › 8-things-didnt-know-orville-wright8 things you didn’t know about Orville Wright | PBS NewsHour

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   • 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.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wright_brothersWright brothers - Wikipedia

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   Orville Wright: Born August 19, 1871 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Died: January 30, 1948 (aged 76) Dayton, Ohio, U.S. Cause of death: Heart attack: Education: 3 years high school: Occupation: Printer / publisher, bicycle retailer / manufacturer, airplane inventor / manufacturer, pilot trainer: Signature: Wilbur Wright: Born April 16, 1867

   • Education: 3 years high school
   • Occupation: Editor, bicycle retailer / manufacturer, airplane inventor / manufacturer, pilot trainer

   • Nationality: American
   • Cause of death: Heart attack

5. www.famousbirthdays.com › people › orville-wrightOrville Wright - Trivia, Family, Bio | Famous Birthdays

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   Orville Wright. Inventor. Birthday August 19, 1871. Birth Sign Leo. Birthplace Dayton , OH. DEATH DATE Jan 30, 1948 (age 76)

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   • Birth Date: August 19, 1871

   • Place Of Birth: Dayton, Ohio

6. coastalreview.org › 2021 › 08Aviation, history buffs to celebrate Orville Wright’s birthday

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   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.

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   How old was Orville Wright when he died?

   • " Dayton, Ohio, October 30, 1948, Orville Wright, who with his brother, the late Wilbur Wright, invented the airplane, died here tonight at 10:40 in Miami Valley Hospital. He was 76 years old."

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   How many degrees did Orville Wright get?

   • He received 11 honorary degrees from universities in Europe and the United States, as well as dozens of medals and awards. In honor of Orville Wright’s birthday, today is National Aviation Day. NASA is hoping you’ll celebrate by taking a selfie with Orville the Squirrel, its official Aeronautics mascot, anywhere you are.

   Orville Wright Born Today in 1871 - National Air and Space Museum

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   Who were Wilbur and Orville Wright?

   • Wilbur and Orville Wright were two of seven children born to Milton Wright (1828–1917), a clergyman of English and Dutch ancestry, and Susan Catherine Koerner (1831–1889), of German and Swiss ancestry.

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   When did Wilbur and Orville Wright start flying?

   • In 1892 Wilbur and Orville Wright opened their bicycle repair shop in Dayton, where they conducted experiments that led to the first sustained and controlled flight of a powered airplane, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903; a monolith has been erected in memory of the brothers, who are…

   Orville Wright | American aviator | Britannica

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8. www.smithsonianmag.com › smithsonian-institutionOrville Wright Turns 137 | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian ...

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   Aug 19, 2009 · August 19, 2009. Feedloader (Clickability) Today marks the 137th birthday of Orville Wright, the younger and spunkier of the two brothers credited with inventing modern flight. Orville was only...

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   Orville Wright. Wright brothers, were American inventors and aviation pioneers who achieved the first powered, sustained, and controlled airplane flight (1903). Wilbur Wright (April 16, 1867, near Millville, Indiana, U.S.—May 30, 1912, Dayton, Ohio) and his brother Orville Wright (August 19, 1871, Dayton—January 30, 1948, Dayton) also built ...