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  • Virginia, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1908
    The Wright brothers

    Demonstrating another nearly identical Flyer to the United States Army

    Virginia, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 3, 1908

    Orville followed his brother's success by demonstrating another nearly identical Flyer to the United States Army at Fort Myer, Virginia, starting on September 3, 1908.




  • U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 9, 1908
    The Wright brothers

    The First hour-long flight

    U.S.
    Wednesday Sep 9, 1908

    On September 9, he made the first hour-long flight, lasting 62 minutes and 15 seconds.




  • U.S.
    Thursday Sep 17, 1908
    The Wright brothers

    The First airplane crash fatality

    U.S.
    Thursday Sep 17, 1908

    On September 17, Army lieutenant Thomas Selfridge rode along as his passenger, serving as an official observer. A few minutes into the flight at an altitude of about 100 feet (30 m), a propeller split and shattered, sending the Flyer out of control. Selfridge suffered a fractured skull in the crash and died that evening in the nearby Army hospital, becoming the first airplane crash fatality.




  • Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 17, 1908
    Plane Accidents

    The first powered aircraft crash

    Fort Myer, Virginia, U.S.
    Thursday Sep 17, 1908

    The first involving a powered aircraft was the crash of a Wright Model A aircraft at Fort Myer, Virginia, in the United States on September 17, 1908, injuring its co-inventor and pilot, Orville Wright, and killing the passenger, Signal Corps Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Sep, 1908
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill and Clementine Hozier married

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Sep, 1908

    In private life, Churchill proposed marriage to Clementine Hozier; they were married in September at St Margaret's, Westminster and honeymooned in Baveno, Venice, and Veverí Castle in Moravia. They lived at 33 Eccleston Square, London, and their first daughter, Diana, was born in July 1909.




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