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About him F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "In the spring of '27, something bright and alien flashed across the sky..." |
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2010-03-16 |
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After his public comments were criticized by FDR, he resigned his Air Corps Reserve commission in April 1941 |
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2004-10-14 |
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He's the American hero seen here |
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FAMOUS NAMES |
1999-11-03 |
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In 1929 this American hero married Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico |
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1999-09-13 |
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In May 1927 this American aviator became the first man to fly the Atlantic solo |
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HISTORIC NAMES |
1998-12-23 |
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On May 20, 1927 he left for Europe with 5 sandwiches & a quart of water |
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FAMOUS AMERICANS |
1995-04-26 |
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On October 18, 1938, Hermann Goering decorated him with a service cross |
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1995-02-21 |
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In 1927 he set a distance record by flying from New York to Paris without refueling |
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FAMOUS AMERICANS |
1994-10-25 |
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He said, "I saw a fleet of fishing boats, ...flew down...& yelled at them, asking if I was on the right road to Ireland" |
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1989-12-18 |
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His father, whose first & middle names were also Charles Augustus, was a Minnesota congressman |
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1989-01-19 |
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His father, Charles A., Sr. was a Minnesota congressman |
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1987-02-11 |
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Bruno Richard Hauptmann was convicted & executed for kidnap-murder of this man's son |
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1985-05-16 |
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