MIKE GRACIA

The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place near Kitty Hawk, NC. on this day in 1903. Orville Wright was piloting the
craft while his brother Wilbur ran alongside.

The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time on this day in 1957.

South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia on this day
in 1830. Cause of death was listed as Tuberculosis. He was 47.

Television history was made on this day in 1969 when singer Tiny
Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger were married on "The Tonight Show"
with Johnny Carson.