...Independent States." In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps was created. In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator. In...

...Lyndon Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill. In the world In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator. In...

...New Guinea, where she took off on July 2 for tiny Howland Island on a 2,556-mile flight. She and her navigator, Fred Noonan, never made it to the tiny atoll southwest of Hawaii. On Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific, the historic aviation...

...in North Carolina, killing 37 of the 57 people aboard. In the world In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.

...Maine, where he'd held talks with President Bush. In the world In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator...