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FIRST STEWARDESS ON THIS DAY IN 1930


Ellen Church (September 22, 1904 – August 22, 1965)

Church, a registered nurse and aspiring pilot, became the world’s first
stewardess to fly when she embarked on a Boeing 80A for a 20-hour
flight from Oakland/San Francisco to Chicago with 13 stops and 14 
passengers. According to one source, the pilot was another aviation
pioneer, Elrey Borge Jeppesen (below).



 

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Camille Bohannon

 

Burt Freeman Bacharach is 87 years old today.

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Sandy Kozel


George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985)

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Ross Simpson

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Camille Bohannon

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Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) is 89 today. She is one of
the longest reigning monarchs in British history.

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