Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St.
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Background
- Born in
- Detroit
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–MadisonSidwell Friends SchoolRedondo Union High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Order of the German Eagle🏆 Medal of Honor🏆 Time Person of the Year🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Biography🏆 National Aviation Hall of Fame
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Trending topics shown first"In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia."
"Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation, in turn, becomes the custodian rather than the absolute owner of our resources and each generation has the obligat…"
"The three most important groups who have been pressing this country toward war are the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt Administration.Instead of agitating for war, Jews in this country should b…"
"Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it."
"Life — a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter."
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1902
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