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Apr 15, 1452
Birth of a hero
Da Vinci was born on April 15 1452 -
Apr 30, 1499
Da Vinci fleeing
Da Vinci was in Milan untiil he was forced to flee by the French in 1499. -
Apr 30, 1506
Da Vinci portraits
During his time in Florence, he painted several portraits, but the only one that survives is the famous 'Mona Lisa' (1503-1506). -
Apr 30, 1513
Da Vinci returns to Milan
In 1506, da Vinci returned to Milan, remaining there until 1513. This was followed by three years based in Rome. -
Wilbur Wright born
Wilbur was born April 16, 1867, on a farm 8 miles (13 kilometers) from New Castle, Indiana. -
Orville Wright
Orville was born Aug. 19, 1871, in Dayton, Ohio. An aviation famous person was born. -
Earhart was born
Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on July 24, 1897. -
The Wright brothers
The wright brothers made the world's first controlled flight in a machine that was piloted, power driven, and heavier than air. They flew this airplane—called the Flyer—near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina -
Just Amazing
Amelia Earhart breaks a flight record with an altitude of 14,000 -
Amelia has done a miracle
By this time Amelia Earhart she had accumulated nearly 500 hours of solo flying. -
Lindbergh's famous flight
"On May 20, Lindbergh took off in the Spirit of St. Louis from Roosevelt Field, near New York City, at 7:52 A.M. He landed at Le Bourget Field, near Paris, on May 21 at 10:21 P.M. Paris time (5:21 P.M. New York time)." -
A famous flighrt
On June 30 Noonan and earhart flew to New Guinea. THey flew another place a couple of months later. -
Amelia earhart's last flight
On May 20, 1932, five years to the day after Lindbergh, she took off from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, to Paris and no one saw her again. -
How did she do this?
Competes in the National Air Races in Los Angeles, California and breaks her own North American transcontinental record with a flying time of 17 hours, 7 minutes, 30 seconds. -
Noonan's and Earhart's flight
In 1937, Earhart and her navigator, Frederick Noonan, set off to fly around the world. They took off from California, on May 20, flying. -
No communicating
That was the last time Noonan and Earhart communicated. -
Lindbergh
Lindbergh died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1974, in his home on the Hawaiian island of Maui. -
Lindbergh's college
“At the age of 18, he entered the University of Wisconsin to study engineering." -
Everyone misses Earhart
The United States government spent $4 million looking for Earhart, which made it the most costly and intensive air and sea search in history at that time. -
Da Vinci dies
Leonardo moved to the Château of Cloux, near Amboise in France, where he died on 2 May 1519.
