On this day in 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry (above)
released a report that said that smoking cigarettes was a definite
health hazard.
Amelia Earhart Putnam became the first woman to fly solo from
Wheeler Field in Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland Airport in Oakland,
California on this day in 1935.
Amelia in Oakland, triumphant after the Hawaii-to-California flight.
Amelia Mary Earhart, (born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937)