(FOX NEWS) – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart departed on a
journey to become the first pilot to successfully fly solo from
Hawaii to mainland United States on this day in history, Jan.
11, 1935.

The daring flight across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean
had claimed the lives of 10 previous aviators. She earned
$10,000 from promoters in Hawaii for her death-defying
achievement.

 
Amelia Earhart on Jan. 12, 1935, after the first Hawaii-to-California flight. She was the first pilot to succeed at
flying the route.

The British rock and pop singer and songwriter is 78 today. He
is among the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold
over 250 million records worldwide.

Kerr Group, Inc. (1992-1996) Businessman and entrepreneur
Alexander Hewitt Kerr (below) organized this company in
Portland, Oregon in 1903 under the name Hermetic Fruit Jar
Company. The official name was changed in 1904 to Kerr
Glass Manufacturing Company.

Kerr offered the ‘Economy’ brand of mason jar produced for
them by the Illinois-Pacific Glass Co.

The company, with offices in Portland, Oregon, was called the
Hermetic Fruit Jar Company. Kerr Glass owned and operated
seven glass plants in various locations throughout the United
States by 1975. Its products were sold nationally by employees
of the company from its twenty-seven sales offices.

(September 4, 1862 – February 9, 1925)

On January 9, 2007, Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs (above) unveiled
the iPhone—a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera
and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features—at the
Macworld convention in San Francisco. Jobs, dressed in his
customary jeans and black mock turtleneck, called the iPhone
a “revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years
ahead of any other mobile phone.” When it went on sale in the
United States six months later, on June 29, amidst huge hype,
thousands of customers lined up at Apple stores across the
country to be among the first to purchase an iPhone (below).

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)