Home - Events - Birthdays - Deaths - Years - History Feeds

June 17, 1928 in History
Event:
Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)




Related Topics:
Amelia
Atlantic
Become
Earhart
Fly
Leaves
Newfoundland
passenger
piloted
plane
Wilmer
Woman

Related Year:
1928

Related Events:
June 17
Related Quotes:
Amelia Earhart





Amelia Earhart History:
July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean
July 2, 1937 - Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40
January 11, 1935 - Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course)
August 25, 1932 - Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight
August 24, 1932 - 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart
May 21, 1932 - 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, lands
May 20, 1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic
March 30, 1932 - Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
July 24, 1898 - Amelia Earhart, U.S. aviator, 1st woman to solo Atlantic


More Notable Events on June 17:
1986 Chief Justice Warren Earl Burger resigns Antonin Scalia nominated
1950 1st kidney transplant, Chicago
1947 Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline
1944 Iceland declares independence from Denmark at Thingvallir, Iceland
1885 Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City
BrainyHistoryBrainyHistory

Social
BrainyHistory on FaceBook
BrainyHistory on Twitter
Site
Home
Events
Birthdays
Deaths
Years
History Feeds
About Us
Inquire
Privacy
Terms
Copyright © 2001 - 2013 BrainyHistory