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1935: Amelia Earhart's Hawaii-to-California flight.On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most celebrated aviators, made the first successful solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance longer than that from the United States to Europe.More events on this day2001:The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of America Online and Time Warner, and AOL Time Warner (since shortened to Time Warner) stock began trading the next morning. |
1964:U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry announced that cigarette smoking is linked to lung cancer. |
1878:Milk was delivered for the first time in glass bottles in New York City. |
1861:Alabama seceded from the Union, the fourth state to do so in the run-up to the American Civil War. |
1755/57:Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, was born in the British West Indies. |
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