2002 Death Charles Orville Whitley, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987 1997 Event Orville Lynn Majors, 36, arrested for many deaths under his care 1995 Death Orville Reddenbacher, popcorn magnate, drowns in bathtub at 88 1989 Event 10th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Orville Moody 1989 Event 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody 1988 Event Orville Moodey shoots 63 at Seniors golf tournament 1969 Event 69th U.S. Golf Open: Orville Moody shoots a 281 at Champs Golf Club in Houston, Texas 1967 Death Orville Caldwell, Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71 1948 Death Orville Wright, U.S. aviation pioneer, dies at 76 1945 Birthday James Orville Fulkerson, composer 1936 Birthday Norman Orville Scribner, composer 1933 Birthday Orville Moody, Chickasha, Oklahoma, PGA golfer, 1969 U.S. Open 1927 Birthday Charles Orville Whitley, born in Siler City, North Carolina, Representative-D-North Carolina 1977 - 1987 1918 Birthday Orville Freeman, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Governor-D-Minnesota 1955 - 1961, Secretary of Agriculture, 1961 - 1969 1909 Event Orville Wright tests 1st U.S. Army airplane, flying 1h12m40s 1908 Event Orville Wright makes 1st 1-hour airplane flight, Fort Myer, Va 1907 Birthday Orville Redenbacher, popcorn King, Orville Redenbacher's Gourmet 1905 Event Orville/Wilbur Wright's "Flyer III" flight 38.5 km in 38.3" 1904 Event Orville and Wilbur Wright fly a circle in their Flyer II 1903 Event At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained motorized aircraft flight (Orville Wright) 1896 Birthday Orville Caldwell, California, actor, Patsy, French Doll, Last Warning 1876 Event President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring 1871 Birthday Orville Wright, born in Dayton, Ohio, aviator 1830 Birthday Joseph Orville Shelby, Brigadier General Confederate Army
