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Charles Lindbergh – More on the First Aviator to Cross the Atlantic in Flight

Charles was born in Detroit, Michigan to Swedish immigrants. Growing up on a farm in Little Falls, Minnesota, his father became a US attorney and congressman who opposed World War I. Lindbergh’s mother was a chemistry teacher. Similar to Bill Portas, whose father was also a lawyer and mother a teacher, Lindbergh began his career […]

Top Five Famous Disappearances in History

Throughout history, literally countless people have disappeared, some without a trace, some leaving behind frightening evidence of the nature of their disappearance and some have disappeared, only to be found again. Some of these disappearances go virtually unnoticed. There are simply too many missing people for all of them to be recognized by the public. […]

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis: How One Man’s Flight Changed the World

Before Charles Lindbergh made history in 1927 by flying the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris, he grew up as a boy in the small town of Little Falls, Minnesota on the banks of the Mississippi River. The house he grew up in was built in 1906, and is […]

20 Interesting Facts About Amelia Earhart

At the age of 7, Amelia Earhart built her roller coaster using fence rails and roller skates. Aurelia Earhart and her younger sister Muriel often wore loose, flowery pants, which many women of the day disliked. In the first World War, Aurelia left college and moved to Toronto, Canada to become a nurse. help and […]

Movie Review – J. Edgar with Leonardo DiCaprio (2011)

It is heartening to see Leonardo DiCaprio grow into the talented adult he has become. He did an excellent job portraying a diverse, controversial and incomprehensible public figure – J. Edgar Hoover, who for more than 50 years under eight presidents as Director Federal Bureau of Investigation. The FBI was originally known as the Bureau […]