December 17th, 1903, Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Wilbur and Orville Wright conduct the first successful manned, powered flight of the airplane. The brothers achieved the pioneering feat with their experimental craft, dubbed the “Wright Flyer”.

1957, The United States successfully test-fires the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. Initially designed to carry a nuclear warhead, the Atlas later boosts an America's space program into orbit.

1830, Simón Bolívar, the South American patriot to lead revolutions against Spain's colonial rule, dies in Columbia.

1969, Before reality TV, there was Tiny Tim- the singer marries his fiancée- Miss Vicky on NBC's "Tonight Show" – and the event seen by some 50,000,000 viewers.

Today in History, December 17th. Mike Gracia, the Associated Press.

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