Charles Lindbergh History: August 26, 1974 - Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72 April 2, 1932 - Charles Lindbergh turns over $50,000 as ransom for kidnapped son September 17, 1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits San Francisco September 4, 1927 - Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour June 13, 1927 - Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles Lindbergh to New York City June 11, 1927 - Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross February 4, 1902 - Charles Lindbergh, born in Detroit, Michigan, pilot, 1st fly solo across Atlantic
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1967 U.S. Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
1950 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
1946 1st mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation
1939 Iraq and Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany