World History Minute: The Wright Brothers fly successfully

World History Minute: The Wright Brothers fly sucessfully
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World History Minute: The Wright Brothers fly sucessfully
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World History Minute: The Wright Brothers fly successfully

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On December 17, 1903, the first airplane took flight. Historian John Schmidt reminds us what happened that day.