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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDaily Holidays - December 17
National Maple Syrup Day Pancake Day, lets face it, is mostly an excuse to have Maple Syrup. So lets dispense with the charade and get down to it Maple Syrup Day is the real deal, and a great excuse to consume it by the glassful! https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/maple-syrup-day/Wright Brothers Day Show your appreciation for the current airline system and the freedom to travel to all parts of the planet by celebrating Wright Brothers Day. The brothers Orville and Wilbur, tenacious American inventors, recorded the first manned, powered flight in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. They were not the first to build experimental aircraft, and news of fatal glider crashes involving other aviation trailblazers influenced the direction of their research and development. The Wright brothers focused their efforts on pilot-activated flight-stabilizing controls. Their discoveries form the basis of modern flight. In 1903 when aviation was in its infancy, sustained flight was measured in seconds and piloting was a developing skill, and although early flight lacked sophistication, it threw open the doors for the evolution of the aviation industry, and set the stage for the global travel system that we take for granted today. https://www.daysoftheyear.com/days/wright-brothers-day/
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Daily Holidays - December 17 (Original Post)
Sherman A1
Dec 2015
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bigwillq
(72,790 posts)1. Cheers to the Wright Bros
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)2. It was an amazing thing
got to visit Kitty Hawk a few years ago. Really like the museum and monument there.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)3. Remembering Eddie Kendricks today:
http://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/eddie-kendricks.html
This is my favorite song of every song in the entire universe:
This is my favorite song of every song in the entire universe:
malthaussen
(17,195 posts)5. For a second, I thought that said "Ellie Hendricks"
... and was thinking you were an Orioles fan.
-- Mal
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)6. No.... sorry.
I never heard of Ellie Hendricks. I don't know much about sports.
elias49
(4,259 posts)4. Maple syrup!
But, ouch! By the glassful??