Patsy Cline (born Virginia Patterson Hensley)
(September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963)
Ferdinand Magellan (February 4, 1480 – April 27, 1521)
After sailing through the dangerous straits below South America
that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan entered the Pacific Ocean with three ships, becoming the first
European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic.
On January 14, 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) became the first president to travel on official business by airplane. Crossing the
Atlantic by air, Roosevelt flew in a Boeing 314 Flying Boat dubbed
the Dixie Clipper (below) to a World War II strategy meeting with
Winston Churchill at Casablanca in North Africa.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (left) with Winston Churchill at the
Casablanca Conference, January 22, 1943.