360What happened in 1903?
6 moments from 1903 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 17 December 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
On 17 December 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the Wright Flyer for 12 seconds and 37 metres, the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered aeroplane. By the end of the day, his brother Wilbur had flown 260 metres in 59 seconds. Aviation was born.
- On this day · 17 December 1903
The Wright brothers make the first powered flight
On 17 December 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville Wright flew the Wright Flyer for 12 seconds, the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered aeroplane. His brother Wilbur made the longest flight of the day, 59 seconds. Aviation was born.
- 1903 · from The 20th century: flight, world wars and the digital age
First powered flight
- 1903 · from Ford launches the Model T, the car for the many
The Ford Motor Company is founded
- 1903 · from The 1900s: Riyadh recovered and the first powered flight
Wright brothers' first flight
- 1903 · from Marie and Pierre Curie discover polonium and radium
Nobel Prize in Physics