The World and Everything in It - Dec. 17, 2011
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Hour B, Segment 5
The TW&E History Book
- Dec. 16, 1773 - The Boston Tea Party.
- Dec. 17, 1903 - Near Kitty Hawk, N.C., brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful man-powered airplane flight.
- Dec. 19, 1843 - Charles Dickens' yuletide tale A Christmas Carol is published in Britian.
