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This Month in History

An Eventful December: From the Invention of Planes to the Cold War Era

By Oliver Koziol

Dec 1, 2025

Wright Brothers First Flight

This Month in December

The most notable event in December happened in 1903 when Orville and Wilbur Wright took their first flight. This is one of the most impactful events in human history, with the creation of planes allowing us to soar in the skies. The Wright brothers owned a bicycle shop in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, which they used to fund their flying adventures in the early 1900s. They developed many airplane models before the final aircraft, in which Orville was the first human to fly a plane. He flew for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet, leading the way for human technology to develop into the modern aircraft that we know today.

The Boston Tea Party sparked the American Revolution, 1773
Boston Tea party illustration (stock)
The attack on Pearl Harbor dragged the United States into World War II, 1941
The Cold War effectively ended with a meeting between U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, 1989

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About the Contributor

Oliver Koziol, Editor-in-Chief

Oliver Koziol ’29 is in his fifth year at MCDS. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Prairie Hawk Press. After attending the University of Iowa Summer Journalism camp, Koziol aims to launch the newspaper online and in print, while still getting good grades. Outside of the newspaper, he enjoys playing soccer. If Koziol were a candy, he would be Milk Duds!