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Public Law 87–291
Designating the 17th day of December 1961 as “Wright Brothers Day”.
Approved September 22, 1961
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
Designating the 17th day of December 1961 as “Wright Brothers Day”.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the 17th day of December
Wright Brothers Day.
1961 is hereby designated as “Wright Brothers Day”, in commemoration of the first successful flights in a heavier-than-air, mechanically propelled airplane, which were made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation
Proclamation authorization.
inviting the people of the United States to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
Approved September 22, 1961.