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Amelia Earhart is born to the parents of Amy Otis and Edwin Earhart in Atchison, Kansas.
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Amelia regoins her parents in Des Moines, Iowa. She also sees her first plane and later recalls being unimpressed.
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Amelia's grandmother who helped raise her dies, the family moves to Minnesota but her mom ends up getting divorced and moving again with Amelia and her sister. Her dad struggles against alcholism and finding work.
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Amelia Earhart's father takes her to an air show and together they take their first plane ride. She loves the flight and dreams of flying again.
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Amelia takes her first flying lesson with pilot Neta Snook.
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Amelia passes her flying liscense test.
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Amelia Earhart sets an unofficial altitude record for female pilots by flying her canary to 14,000 feet.
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After proposing to Amelia 6 times Earhart finally agrees to marry George P. Putnam. She refers to their marrige as "a partnership" with "dual control".
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Amelia is the first person, and female, to fly solo from Honolulu, Hawaii to Oakland, California.
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Amelia Earhart disappears while flying over the Pacific Ocean.
