National Aviation Day Aug 19, 2024

National Aviation Day

Established in 1939 to honor Orville Wright"s birthday, National Aviation Day kicks off a week-long celebration of America"s long history of flight. Pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright designed, built, and flew the world"s first engine-powered airplane near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in 1903. America"s love of flight, however, goes all the way back to 1793, when President George Washington watched a hot air balloon launch in Philadelphia.

© George Rose/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Aug 19, 2018Oh, the places you’ll go
Aug 19, 2019On the wings of the Wright brothers
Aug 19, 2020Freeze frame
Aug 19, 2021Happy World Photography Day!
Aug 19, 2022National Aviation Day
Aug 19, 2023World Photography Day
Aug 19, 2025Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Oct 1, 2024Yosemite National Park anniversary
Jun 19, 2023Juneteenth
Jan 29, 2024Golling Waterfall, Salzburg, Austria
Jun 30, 2023Brown bears in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska
Apr 20, 2025Happy Easter!
Oct 28, 2024Pumpkin field, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Nov 15, 2025Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Oct 7, 2024Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
Sep 7, 2025Gdańsk on the banks of the Motława, Poland
Dec 10, 2019Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
Oct 17, 2021A walk among the giants
Mar 22, 2022World Water Day
Jun 25, 2020Hoisting a flag for seafarers
Feb 27, 2021A snuggling ball of cute
May 11, 2024World Migratory Bird Day
Jul 19, 2018Cosplay strongly encouraged
Nov 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Jan 9, 2020Into the woods
Apr 22, 2026Earth Day
Oct 1, 2020A lunar lantern celebration
Jul 29, 2022International Tiger Day
Nov 14, 2020Decorating for Diwali
Dec 30, 2022White Desert National Park, Egypt
May 3, 2023Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
Nov 23, 2018Let the holiday shopping commence
Sep 7, 2020Take a break! It s Labor Day!
Aug 6, 2019Storks ready for takeoff
May 26, 2025Memorial Day
Mar 13, 2018Wayag Islands in the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia
Mar 21, 2020It s World Poetry Day