Today in History for Dec. 17: Wright brothers conduct first manned, powered flight of the airplane

YouTube download / AP video / Today in History for Dec. 17: Wright brothers conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. U.S. test-fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile; Simon Bolivar dies in Colombia; television's Tiny Tim marries his fiancee, Miss Vicky. 

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