Archive for May 21st, 2022

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY IN 1932

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After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart lands
near Londonderry, Northern Ireland, becoming the 1st transatlantic 
solo flight by a woman.

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Amelia Mary Earhart 
(July 24, 1897 – disappeared July 2, 1937)
(
declared dead January 5, 1939)

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LUCKEY LINDBERGH LANDING ON THIS DAY


On May 21, 1927, 25 year old Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris’
Le Bourget Field at 10:22 p.m. local time, completing the first solo,
nonstop transatlantic flight. Aboard The Spirit of St. Louis, Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in a span of 33 ½ hours. He was greeted
in Europe by a large crowd of up to 100,000.

 

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh
(February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974)

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ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED ON THIS DAY

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In Washington, D.C., humanitarians Clara Barton  (below) and
Adolphus Solomons founded the American National
Red Cross,
an organization established to provide humanitarian aid to victims
of wars and natural disasters in congruence with the International
Red Cross.       


 

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Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912)

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