On this day: December 17
POSTED: 01:50 PM PST Dec 14, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 16, 2012
France recognizes America as a nation, the Wright brothers take flight, Tiny Tim marries Miss Vicki in front of millions of TV viewers, and Kim Jong-il dies, all on this day.
U.S. Air Force
1947: The XB-47 prototype of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet strategic bomber makes its maiden flight, flying from Boeing Field in Seattle to the Moses Lake Airfield in central Washington state in a flight that lasts just 27 minutes. The long-range, six-engined, jet-powered medium bomber was designed to fly at high subsonic speeds and at high altitudes to avoid enemy interception.
