Lindbergh
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Anne (Spencer) Morrow, 1906–2001, U.S. writer (wife of Charles Augustus Lindbergh).
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Charles Augustus, 1902–74, U.S. aviator: made the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight 1927.
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Without a doubt, Goddard was the father of 20th-century rocketry, but Charles Lindbergh was the midwife.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh became the first to fly solo across the Atlantic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025
James Arthur Lovell Jr was born on 25 March 1928 - just a year after Charles Lindbergh made his historic trip across the Atlantic.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
Allen also appeared in several TV movies, including “Scream, Pretty Peggy” and “The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case,” notably sharing the screen with Bette Davis and Anthony Hopkins, among others.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025
Remembering the Lindbergh kidnapping and the Hindenburg catastrophe, she thought with dismay, “So much has happened in N.J.”
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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