Amelia Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas

Jul 24, 1897

Amelia Mary Earhart is born and her parents are Amy and Edwin Earhart.

Amelia sees her first airplane at the state fair.

Aug 7, 1904

Amelia sees her first airplane at the Iowa State Fair but later remembers it "as not at all interesting".

Amelia Otis dies and the Earhart family inherits the money.

Apr 24, 1911

Amelia Otis dies, and the Earhart family inherits the money.

Amelia graduates from high school.

Jun 24, 1915

Amelia starts at Ogontz College.

Sep 14, 1916

Amelia takes her first plane ride.

Dec 18, 1920

Amelia gets her first airplane, the airster.

Jul 24, 1921

Amelia gets her pilots licence.

May 29, 1923

Amelia is a passenger on the Friendship flight.

Jun 3, 1928

Amelia is a passenger on the Friendship, a plane formally owned by Captain Robert E. Byrd.

Amelia participates in the Womens Cross Country Air Race

Aug 18, 1929

The Womens Cross Country Air Race was also known as the Powder Puff Race and over 30 women pilots participated. Amelia came in third to help one of her friends that had crashed.

G.P. Putnam asks Amelia to marry him and she says yes.

Feb 20, 1931

Amelia publishes her book The Fun of It.

Apr 25, 1932

Amelia atempts to fly across the Atlantic solo.

May 20, 1932

Amelia atempts to be the first female pilot to cross the Atlantic solo.

Amelia sets a speed record between Los Angelos to Newark NJ

Jul 11, 1932

Amelia's father, Edwin dies of diesease.

Aug 30, 1934

Amelia starts her flight from Honolulu to Oakland, CA

Jan 11, 1935

Amelia takes off on her non-stop flight to Mexico City but is forced to land due to low fuel

Apr 19, 1935

Amelia takes off for her transatlantic flight but the plane has trouble and she is grounded for repairs

Mar 11, 1937

The last coast guard transmission from Amelia and her co-pilot

Jul 2, 1937