May 20th

James Stewart was born 100 years ago today. Stewart received five best actor Oscar nominations in his long career, but won only for The Philadelphia Story in 1941.

Joe Cocker is 64. Timothy Olyphant is scowling at being 40.

Cher is 62.

Charles Lindbergh departed Long Island for Paris 81 years ago today.

Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland for Ireland on May 20th in 1932, the first woman to solo the Atlantic.

2 thoughts on “May 20th”

  1. Earhart was the first woman, yes, but she was also just the second person, male or female, to fly solo across the Atlantic.

    That’s always been noteworthy to me. Earhart was really an aviation pioneer, not just a female aviation pioneer.

  2. Been lurking around here for awhile. Looks like you found your “old blog”. Good for you. (The rest of us, too.)

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