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By Rowyn Porterfield
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Amelia Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897.
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Amelia spent Christmas 1917 with her sister in Toronto, Canada.
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Soon after the holiday, Amelia quit school.
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1921: Amelia had her first flying lesson on January 3 and bought her first airplane, the Canary, for her birthday.
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1928: Flew aboard the Friendship and became the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean by air on June 17-18.
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1931: Married George P. Putman on February 7.
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1932: Flew alone across the Atlantic, the first woman and just the second person to do it May 20-21.
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1935: Became the first person to fly from Hawaii to California, January 11-12.
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1935: Became the first person to fly alone from Los Angeles to Mexico City, April 19-20.
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1937:Disappeared in the Pacific Ocean, July 3.