Aviation pioneer Amelia Mary Earhart 24 July 1897 (+) is born in Atchison, United States. 21 May 1932 (x) becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, landing in Derry, United Kingdom. 11 January 1935 (x) becomes the first woman to fly solo from Hawaï to California in Oakland, United States. 2 July 1937 (-) disappears during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in a Lockheed Model 10 Electra in Howland Island, United States. |
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