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Amelia Earhart is born in Atchinson, Kansas.
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Amelia's little sister, Muriel, is born. The two would become life-long friends.
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Amelia's mother scrapes together enough money to send her to the school of her choice.
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Pilot Frank Hawks takes Amelia on her first plane ride.
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Neta Snook gives Amelia her first flying lesson. Neta would become Amelia's flight instructor.
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Amelia gets the nimble "Airster" for her 24th birthday.
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Neta Snook sells her plane and Amelia starts to learn from John Montijo.
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Amelia climbs to 14,000 feet. This record would be bested two weeks later by Ruth Nichols.
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Amelia becomes the 16th women in the world to recieve a pilots license from the National Aeronautic Association.
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Amy and Edwin officially split up.
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Charles Lindnergh becomes the first person to ever fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
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Amelia becomes the first women to cross the Atlantic Ocean. She was only a passenger on the plane though.
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Amelia and Ruth Nichols found a womens flight society. This society is still together today.
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Amelia's father dies of stomach cancer.
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After G.P. Putnam's previous marriage falls apart, he proposes to Amelia. She accepts and they are married in Connecticut.
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Amelia flies across the Atlantic Ocean as a pilot this time.
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Amelia becomes the first person in the world to fly this route when she lands in Oakland, California
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Amelia makes the first leg of her flight from Oakland, Cal. to Miami, Fla.
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After weeks of searching, Amelia Earhart is finally pronounced to be offially dead. But no one knows for sure.
