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Amelia


1997 Linda Finch completes Amelia Earhart attempted around-the-world flight

1996 Amelia Rosselli, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, dies at 65

1974 Irina Spirlea, born in Bucharest, Romania, tennis star, 1996 Amelia Island

1973 Amelia Weatherly, actress, Stephanie Brewster-Loving/The City

1959 Sigrid Thornton, Australia, actress, Amelia Lawson-Guns of Paradise

1957 Amelia Wershoven sets record of female throwing a baseball (252'4 ")

1952 Amelia Rorer, LPGA golfer

1937 Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan disappear over Pacific Ocean

1937 Amelia Earhart Putnam, Dutch pilot/1st female to fly Atlantic, dies at 40

1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland California (non-stop, of course)

1932 Amelia Earhart completes transcontinental flight

1932 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart

1932 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart, lands

1932 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland 1st woman fly solo across Atlantic

1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic

1930 Amelia Rosselli, born in Paris, France, poet, of Italian origin, daughter of political activist Carlo Rosselli, worked in Italy as a poet and literary translator, wrote prose in English, French and Italian, major work, 'Spazi metrici'

1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz)

1919 Amelia Barr, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder', dies

1911 Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies

1898 Amelia Earhart, U.S. aviator, 1st woman to solo Atlantic

1894 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76

1865 Battle at Amelia Springs/Jetersville Virginia (Appomattox Campaign)

1865 Lee's army arrives at Amelia Courthouse

1831 Amelia Barr, born in Ulverston, England, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder'

1818 Amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragette known for her pantaloons


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