1927
"Lucky Lindy" leaves LI
Charles Lindbergh began the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, departing from Long Island aboard the Spirit of Saint Louis.
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1506
Christopher Columbus died in Spain.
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1861
North Carolina voted to secede from the Union.
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1932
Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
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1961
A mob attacked a busload of "freedom riders" in Montgomery, Ala., setting the bus on fire.
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1978
Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day.
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1996
In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court rejected a Colorado measure banning laws that protect homosexuals from discrimination.
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2002
East Timor became the what was then the world's newest nation.
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