Wright Brothers Day is an annual United States national observation. It is codified in the US Code and Wright Brothers Day commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, that were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wright brothers were American brothers, inventors and aviation pioneers. Orville Wright ( August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948 ) Wilbur Wright ( April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912 ) The Congress, by a joint resolution approved December 17, 1963, as amended (77 Stat. 402; 36 U.S.C....