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Today In History Highlights From December 17
On this date in 1903 Orville Wright flew 105 feet at Kitty Hawk. Births include John Greenleaf Whittier in 1807 and Louis Agassiz in 1835. Other items note Lambdin Milligan, the Graf Spee scuttling in 1939, a 1950 Munich crash, and a 2010 ice breaker voyage to the Ross Sea.
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Associated Press
Orville Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
John Greenleaf Whittier
Louis Agassiz
Lambdin Milligan
US Supreme Court
Graf Spee
Uruguay
Munich
Germany
Navy
Glacier
Ross Sea
Antarctica
Boston
NATO
Atlantic Alliance