This Day in History – Amelia Earhart Disappearance

It was 70 years ago today that aviatrix Amelia Earhart and co-pilot, Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean.

From WikiPedia:

amelia_earhart.jpgAmelia Mary Earhart (24 July 1897 – missing 2 July 1937, declared deceased 5 January 1939) was a noted American aviation pioneer and women’s rights advocate. Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, which she was awarded as the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, a women’s pilots’ organization.

Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight in 1937. Intense public fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

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