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Orville Wright is at the controls of the "Wright Flyer" as his brother Wilbur Wright looks on during the plane's first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., in this Dec. 17, 1903.
Section of Wright Flyer’s wing fabric taken to moon by Neil Armstrong up for auction
Carillon Brewing Co. is a production brewery in a museum at Carillon Park in Dayton. CONTRIBUTED
Carillon Brewing and Chicago Brewseum collaborate for open house event celebrating women
History Extra: Soap Box Derby
Soap Box Derby: This world-famous event was first held in Dayton
Days before Orville Wright would celebrate his 75th birthday on August 19, 1946, Marj Heyduck, a reporter for the Dayton Herald, interviewed him for a story commemorating the occasion.
National Aviation Day: On his 75th birthday, Orville Wright humbly on auto-pilot
Five of the most important places about the Wright Brothers
7 unique moments in Dayton’s history of flight
Orville Wright's 75th birthday
National Aviation Day: On his 75th birthday, Orville Wright humbly on auto-pilot
The Wayne Street Brewery, on the corner of Wayne and Hickory Street, approximately 1890. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAYTON METRO LIBRARY / LUTZENBERGER PICTURE COLLECTION
It’s International Beer Day! 5 reasons to toast Dayton’s beer-making history
Greene County Fair
Greene County Fair: 5 things to know about the ‘oldest fair west of the Alleghenies’
History Extra: Dayton Daily News building
This historic downtown building began with, ‘Build me a damn bank’
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Preservationists select 10 of Dayton’s ‘most endangered properties’ to try to save
Dayton Art Institute zoo
The Dayton museum history you didn’t know: When there was a zoo at the Art Institute
Oktoberfest: A Dayton Art Institute tradition
Beer cost WHAT at the first Oktoberfest? What you should know about its boozy history
An aeriel view of the 1988 Dayton Air Show. DAYTON DAILY NEWS ARCHIVES
Air Show history: Today’s Centerpoint Energy Dayton Air Show started out as an “Air Fair”
Americana Festival
Americana Festival: Celebrating the Fourth for more than 40 years
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