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Events on Thursday 30 May 1912 1
1867 – 1912Wilbur Wright (1867-1912)Died 30 May 1912, aged 45Wilbur Wright, with his brother Orville, designed and flew the first successful powered airplane in 1903. He died of typhoid fever in Dayton, Ohio, having lived to see aviation transform from an experiment into an industry.