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Wright Brothers + Winter Holidays
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On December 17, 1903, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made history when they flew a small aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The brothers had worked and researched for a long time, and had built many different types of aircraft, before building their successful engine-driven flying machine.
What was the first flying contraption that the brothers built?
Answer Pathfinder
Subject Heading(s):
Airplanes, Design and construction; Flight, History; Wright brothers (all by date)
Subject Tree:
TECHNOLOGY: Transportation: airplanes; NOTABLE PEOPLE: Inventors
Keyword(s):
"Wright brothers" (by relevance); Orville and Wilbur Wright (by relevance)
Article(s) | Site(s):
"Graphic Biographies: The Wright Brothers," Weekly Reader Graphic Biographies: The Wright Brothers, 2006
Answer:
The first aircraft that the Wright brothers built was a biplane kite.
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The Christian gospels of Matthew and Luke provide a simple account of the birth of Jesus, related in Christmas sermons, nativity plays and religious art.
In what year did the Western church designate December 25 as the date of the Nativity, or the birth of Jesus?
A. 51 AD
B. 127 AD
C. 334 AD
D. 579 AD
Article(s) | Site(s):
The First Christmas
Answer:
C. The Western church designated December 25 as the date of the Nativity in 334 AD.
Related Photo/Multimedia:
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem in the West Bank
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