Wright brothers are granted patent for their Flying Machine

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22 May, 1906

Wilbur and Orville Wright are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their Flying Machine on 22 May 1906.

The Wright brothers had made the first powered flight on 17th December 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The flight had lasted 12 seconds.