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On This Date December 17 1970 Historical Highlights
On this day in history notable events include the Wright brothers 1903 first powered flight near Kitty Hawk North Carolina. Dickens publishes A Christmas Carol in 1843. Egypt protectorate declared by Britain in 1914. Graf Spee scuttled off Montevideo in 1939. Japanese invasion of North Borneo in 1941. Sixteen crash deaths in 1960s Munich. Oil ban on Rhodesia in 1965. Project Blue Book closed in 1969.
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Wilbur Wright
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