Powered Manned Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright
17th December 1903
Accredited World Origin Site
WOS0004 17th December 2023
Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, NC,
27948, USA
MARKING THE ORIGINS OF OUR MODERN WORLD
Landmark Inventions
Life-changing Discoveries
World Firsts
GLOBAL ACCREDITATION FOR:
Landmark Inventions
Life-changing Discoveries
World Firsts
MARKING THE ORIGINS OF OUR MODERN WORLD
ABOUT
What is a World Origin Site?
A World Origin Site is somewhere completely unique. It marks the place, people and moment when something truly ground-breaking was invented, discovered or first used.
This includes where and when some of our most famous brands, familiar products and global companies originated.
Only one place on the planet can ever lay claim to these landmark moments in the development of our modern world.
World Origin Site .Org has been created to record, recognise and celebrate these sites whether they are marked by a monument, museum or are just a humble house, shed or street corner. Every World Origin Site matters.
ABOUT
What is a World Origin Site?
A World Origin Site is somewhere completely unique. It marks the place, people and moment when something truly ground-breaking was invented, discovered or first used.
This includes where and when some of our most famous brands, familiar products and global companies originated.
Only one place on the planet can ever lay claim to these landmark moments in the development of our modern world.
World Origin Site has been created to record, recognise and celebrate these sites whether they are marked by a monument, museum or are just a humble house, shed or street corner. Every World Origin Site matters.
The first three WOS plaques to be awarded.
Becoming an Accredited World Origin Site:
World Origin Site .Org is a registered Certification Mark approved by the UK Government Intellectual Property Office and Trade Marks Registry.
Sites awarded World Origin Site status can use the Certification Mark in the same way that a CE Mark or Fairtrade Logo is applied.
Being Accredited as a World Origin Site establishes your location as the proven site of an Invention, Discovery or World First.
Being awarded World Origin Site status can be used to raise your site’s profile in terms of publicity and promotion.
Using the World Origin Site logo and commemorative plaque tells your story simply and effectively.
If you are a World Origin Site then you are unique – we help you tell the world about it.
Becoming an Accredited World Origin Site:
World Origin Site .Org is a registered Certification Mark approved by the UK Government Intellectual Property Office and Trade Marks Registry.
Sites awarded World Origin Site status can use the Certification Mark in the same way that a CE Mark or Fairtrade Logo is applied.
Being Accredited as a World Origin Site establishes your location as the proven site of an Invention, Discovery or World First.
Being awarded World Origin Site status can be used to raise your site’s profile in terms of publicity and promotion.
Using the World Origin Site logo and commemorative plaque tells your story simply and effectively.
If you are a World Origin Site then you are unique – we help you tell the world about it.
WORLD ORIGIN SITE NEWS
Jacaranda Plaque Unveiling – 23rd August 2024
Jacaranda Plaque Unveiling – 23rd August 2024
An estimated 300 people filled the Jacaranda Club and outside on Slater Street in Liverpool to see the unveiling of the World Origin Site plaque 0022 marking the first performance of The Beatles. Guests included Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood plus the Zutons performing live together with friends and family of the band and of their original manager Allan Williams. The plaque is set to become an important new landmark for fans visiting the city where the biggest band in the history of popular music began 64 years ago.
Plaque Unveiled – 17th July 2024 at Bar Italia, London
The Word’s First Demonstration of Television has just been Accredited as a World Origin Site at Bar Italia in London’s Soho district. Cafe owner Antonio Polledri (left) met with WOS Founder Martin Wilkie to celebrate the new London landmark. Wilkie said “Soho is still a busy centre for the media industry and ensuring that visitors realise that Television started from this humble address is the whole aim of World Origin Site .Org. We use so much technology everyday but seldom realise who, where and when it all began.”
National Inventors Hall of Fame Visit – 2024
Linked to the US Patent Office in Alexandria, Washington DC is the National Inventors Hall of Fame. This innovative and educational museum was founded in 1973 and reaches out to schools, institutions and companies to promote and encourage invention in all spheres.
EXAMPLES OF ACCREDITED SITES
SCIENCE • TECHNOLOGY • SPORT • MEDICINE • ART • COMMUNICATION • ENTERTAINMENT • ENGINEERING • TRANSPORT • COMMERCE • FASHION • FOOD • MATERIALS • DEFENCE • MANUFACTURING • LEARNING • NATURE • STRUCTURES • LEISURE • EXPLORATION
PLAQUE PRODUCTION PROCESS
Plaques are Sand Cast
Poured by Hand
Made from Solid Aluminium
Hand Painted 2PP