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2002 Charles Orville Whitley, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987

1997 Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care

1995 Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88

1989 10th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Orville Moody

1989 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody

1988 Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament

1969 69th U.S. Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs Golf Club in Houston, Texas

1967 Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71

1948 Orville Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies at 76

1945 James Orville Fulkerson, composer

1936 Norman Orville Scribner, composer

1933 Orville Moody, Chickasha, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1969 U.S. Open

1927 Charles Orville Whitley, born in Siler City, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987

1918 Orville Freeman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Governor-D-Minnesota 1955 - 1961, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961 - 1969

1909 Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s

1908 Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hour airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va

1907 Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King, Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet

1905 Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3"

1904 Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II

1903 At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright)

1896 Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning

1876 President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1871 Orville Wright, born in Dayton, Ohio, aviator

1830 Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General Confederate Army


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