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Earhart's father was an alcoholic. [2] The sisters were close and loved playing outdoor games, sledding, and spending time with animals. Both relocated to the Boston area after they grew up, and Muriel Earhart spent most of her life in Medford, Massachusetts. [1] [2] She married Henry Albert Morrissey, a World War I veteran, in 1929. They were ...
Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, as the daughter of Samuel "Edwin" Stanton Earhart (1867–1930) and Amelia "Amy" (née Otis; 1869–1962). [9] Amelia was born in the home of her maternal grandfather Alfred Gideon Otis (1827–1912), who was a former judge in Kansas, the president of Atchison Savings Bank, and ...
George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in the United States during the 1930s.
Amelia Earhart is photographed with her Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, the aircraft she used in her attempted flight around the world. Earhart and the plane went missing on July 2, 1937.
Panelists, along with employees of the Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum, pose for a picture in front of Muriel, the museum’s Lockheed Electra 10-E.
“An Astonishing Ocean Discovery May Have Just Ended the 86-Year Search for Amelia Earhart,” wrote this magazine. “3 Miles Down, a Potential Clue to Earhart’s Fate” reported the New York ...
Rutger Hauer portrayed Noonan in the TV movie Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight (1994), and Christopher Eccleston portrayed Noonan in the biographical movie Amelia (2009). [27] Fred Noonan is mentioned in the song "Amelia" on Bell X1's 2009 album Blue Lights on the Runway, which contemplates the last moments and the fates of Amelia Earhart and ...
Eugene Luther "Gene" Vidal (/ v ɪ ˈ d ɑː l /; [1] April 13, 1895 – February 20, 1969) was an American commercial aviation pioneer, New Deal official, inventor, and athlete.For eight years, from 1929 to 1937, he worked closely with Amelia Earhart in a number of aviation-related enterprises, and was President Franklin Roosevelt's top civil aviation director from 1933 to 1937.