Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
Five years after Lindbergh, Earhart aimed for Paris, fought ice and a leaky fuel line, and put her plane down in an Irish pasture instead.
After 33 sleepless hours over open ocean, a 25-year-old airmail pilot touched down at Le Bourget and woke up world-famous.
A Civil War nurse who refused to retire turned years of lobbying into a disaster-relief institution that still answers the call.
