This Day…

1928 – Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic   Wilmer Stultz piloted the Fokker F.VII aircraft, Earhart kept the flight log. They arrived at Burry Port in Wales, the United Kingdom, 20 hours and 40 minutes later.

1811 – American author Harriet Beecher Stowe—whose novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin fueled antislavery sentiment and was cited among the causes of the Civil War—was born in Litchfield, Connecticut

1931 – Al Capone is indicted on 5,000 counts of prohibition and perjury

1860 – 1st US “dime novel” published: “Malaseka, The Indian Wife of the White Hunter,” by Mrs Ann Stevens

1909 – Mary Pickford makes her screen debut at the age of 16

1944 – Operation Overlord: As part of the D-Day landings, the 82nd Airborne Division arrives at the French town of Sainte-Mère-Église

1871 – Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000

1843 – Sojourner Truth hears the Spirit of God and changes her name from Isabella Baumfree, leaving NY to begin travelling giving speeches against slavery

1431 – Joan of Arc is accused of relapsing into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution

1937 – Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians