Check out some of the events that took place on this day in history:

1935 First Solo Flight

On this day back in 1935 Amelia Earhart was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to the US mainland.

BORN ON THIS DAY

DIED ON THIS DAY

  • 2008 – Edmund Hillary, the moutaineer and explorer
  • 2014 – Ariel Sharon, the Israeli politician and Prime Minister