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Wilbur Wright was born on April 16, 1867 in Millville, Indiana.
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Orville Wright was born on August 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio.
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Wright brothers build their first aircraft, a rubber-band powered helicopter they call a "bat."
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A sports injury leads to health problems that prevent Wilbur from attending college.
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Orville starts a printing business while he is still in high school.
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rville publishes a newspaper, the "West Side News," and Wilbur joins him as editor. The newspaper business does not profit and the Wrights return to "job" printing.
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The Wright brothers begin to sell and repair bicycles.
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The Wrights manufacture their own bicycles, the "St. Clair" and the "Van Cleve." The bike business is profitable.
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The Wrights take an interest in the "flying problem."
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Wilbur devises an aerodynamic control system for aircraft and builds a kite to test it.
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The Wright brothers fly gliders at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, refining their control system. At home in Dayton, Ohio, they build a wind tunnel and conduct research on wing shapes.
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The Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained powered flights at Kitty Hawk.
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The Wrights develop a practical airplane near Dayton.
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The Wright brothers demonstrate a two-passenger airplane in Europe and America.
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The Wrights begin to manufacture airplanes.
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Wilbur Wright dies of typhoid in Dayton, Ohio.
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Orville Wright sells his airplane.
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The Wright Brothers Monument at Kitty Hawk is dedicated.
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The Wright Bicycle Shop and Wright home are opened to the public at Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village.
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Orville Wright dies of a heart attack in Dayton, Ohio and the Wright brothers' first powered airplane, the 1903 "Flyer," is enshrined at the Smithsonian Institution.
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