Airplanes

Wright Brothers

Dec 17, 1903

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Orville Wright flew first airplane for 12 sec for 120 ft.

First airmail by U.S. Post Office Department

Sep 23, 1911

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Pilot Earle Ovington flew the first airmail official approved by the United States Post Office Department. He tossed mail overboard when he reached the destination.

Adolphe Pegoud

Sep 1, 1913

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Adolphe Pegoud demonstrated the first inverted (upside down) flight in a Bleriot monoplane.

Charles Lindbergh

Nov 15, 1913

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Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo, nonstop flight.

Amelia Earhart

Jun 17, 1928

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Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a solo round-trip flight across the United States.

Pearl Harbor Bombing

Dec 7, 1941

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The Japanese aviation bombed Pearl Harbor starting World War 2.

Southwest Airlines

Mar 15, 1967

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The Air Southwest Co. is incorporated.

Twin Towers collapse

Sep 11, 2001

The Al-Qaeda group crashed airplanes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York.