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...letter arrived at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. "I am an enthusiast but not a crank," wrote a bicycle-shop owner from Dayton, Ohio. "I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then if possible add my mite to help." The letter was from Wilbur Wright, who, with his brother Orville, wanted to build an airplane. They began with kites and gliders, built their own wind tunnel and even recalculated long-accepted physics equations. Four years later on a blustery North Carolina beach, they succeeded where all others had failed. The longest flight was only...
...Peter Hall of the Theatre Royal Bath directs Shakespeare’s comedy of lovers in the forest. 8 p.m. Mon-Sat, 7:30 Sun, 2:00 Wednesday and Sunday through Dec. 21. Tickets $25-$67. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston...
...play allows audiences to experience an entertainment-infused American century through George Burns’ eyes. Renowned stage and screen actor Frank Gorshin assumes the role of Burns, an interpretation that earned him the coveted 2003 Outer Critics Circle Award. Runs through November 2. 8:00 p.m. $25-$67. Wilbur Theatre, 246 Tremont St., Boston...
Airplanes On Dec. 17, 1903, Orville Wright flew for 12 seconds. It was the culmination of seven years of experiments on powering and controlling a glider by him and his brother Wilbur. Their first public flight...
Buck’s 1952 appointment of Wilbur J. Bender ’27as chair of the Admission and Scholarship Committee signaled the fourth major shift in athletic policy. Bender embarked on a campaign to carry out the policy of balance at the college which Buck had laid out, calling on Harvard clubs across the country to search out students who excelled in extracurricular as well as scholarly pursuits...