1897/07/24 |
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Amelia Earhart Birthplace |
Atchison |
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Amelia Earhart's Birthday |
1897/10/10 |
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Faith |
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Trinity Episcopal Church |
Atchison |
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1920/12/28 |
At a Long Beach CA airshow, Amelia Earhart takes her first ride in an airplane |
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1921/00/00 |
Amelia Earhart buys a bright yellow, second-hand Kinner Airster biplane, nicknaming it 'The Canary' |
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1928/00/00 |
Mayor Jimmy Walker lays the cornerstone for the French Hospital, fundraisers include an exhibit of French art at the Wildenstein Gallery, a benefit performance of Gilbert and Sullivans "Patience," dinner at the Waldorf and a drive led by Amelia Earhart. |
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French Apartments |
New York City |
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1929/00/00 |
William E Scripps, owner of Glider's Inc, host Amelia Earhar at his estate for dinner. Mr Scripps asked Amelia if she would like to test flight his newest glider design. She made the successful flight. |
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William Edmund and Nina A Downey Scripps Estate |
Lake Orion |
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1931/11/16 |
Amelia Earhart lands at Owens Field |
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Curtiss-Wright Hangar |
Columbia, SC |
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1932/00/00 |
Peter acts with Amelia Earhart in a summer play at Loon Point in Dublin. |
Life |
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Dublin Lake Historic District |
Dublin |
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1937/00/00 |
Amelia Earhart meets Orville Wright at the Franklin Institute |
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Franklin Institute Science Museum |
Philadelphia, PA |
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1937/06/00 |
Amelia Earhart plans her around the world flight from under a carob tree in her yard. |
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Amelia Earhart House |
Los Angeles |
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Amelia Earhart's World Flight |
1937/06/01 |
Earhart and Noonan takeoff from Miami and fly east along an equatorial route. |
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Amelia Earhart's World Flight |
1937/07/02 |
Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan depart for tiny Howland Island, 2,556 miles from New Guinea. They disappeared over the Pacific Ocean. |
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Howland Island |
Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument |
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Amelia Earhart's World Flight |
1940/00/00 |
On the island of Nikumaroro, a work detail finds a human skull, human bones, a shoe thought to be a woman's, a box made for a Brandis Navy Surveying Sextant manufactured in 1918 and a bottle of Benedictine. |
In Memoriam |
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Phoenix Islands Protected Area |
Phoenix Islands |
DOM Benedictine |
Amelia Earhart's World Flight |