This Day in History Entry #276
May 21st, 2014 by Wordsman
O’er the clouds, far from anywhere warm
Not a place for those folks who conform
Though they both escaped harm
One touched down in a farm
While the other took Paris by storm
Events: Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris, completing the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight; Amelia Earhart lands in Derry, Northern Ireland, completing the first nonstop solo transatlantic flight by a woman
Years: 1927; 1932
Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
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