Modern Era · North America · Exploration
1928
Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic
1928
At thirty, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to cross the Atlantic by airplane, though on this first flight she was only a passenger. Four years later she would fly it solo, the second person after Lindbergh to do so. She became the most famous woman pilot in the world before disappearing over the Pacific in 1937.
In context
Also in 1928 (5 other events on record)
- Fleming discovers penicillin · Europe · Science
- Stalin launches first Five-Year Plan · Europe · Politics
- Mickey Mouse premieres in Steamboat Willie · North America · Culture
- Kellogg-Briand Pact · Europe · Politics
- Jinan incident · East Asia · War
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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