The invention of the airplane by the Wright Brothers
The invention of the airplane by the Wright Brothers
The facts
| Dates | AD 1903 |
|---|---|
| Source | Printed on the chart |
Where this sits on the chart
The invention of the airplane by the Wright Brothers falls 5907 years out from Creation at the centre. On the printed chart you can put a finger here and read straight outward to see what the rest of the world was doing in the same moment.
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Who else was alive
The invention of the light bulb by Thomas EdisonAD 1879The introduction of the Kodak cameraAD 1888The opening of the Eiffel TowerAD 1889The discovery of radioactivity by Marie CurieAD 1898The sinking of the TitanicAD 1912The start of commercial radio broadcastingAD 1920The first Winter OlympicsAD 1924The invention of the televisionAD 1927
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