Wednesday, May 20, 2009

TODAY IN HISTORY

1927 Charles Lindbergh takes off from Long Island in the Spirit of St. Louis on the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He lands in Paris 33½ hours later.

1932: Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland and heads to Ireland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.

1993: The last episode of NBC’s Cheers airs. More than 93 million tune in.

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