Video: 'Heroine Of The Skies (1932)'

(Saturday, May 21, 1932, 1:46 p.m. Irish Standard Time) — Amelia Earhart, 34, became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean today as she landed her single engine Lockheed Vega 5B in a pasture at Culmore, north of Derry, Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Harbour Grace, Newfoundland. Continue reading Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 21 1932) →

Video: 'Where Baby Lindbergh Was Found (1932)'

(Thursday, May 12, 1932, 3:15 p.m. EDT; during the Lindbergh kidnapping) — The body of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh, the first person to complete a non-stop solo transatlantic flight — from New York to Paris — in 1927, was accidentally found, partly buried and badly decomposed, today near Mount Rose, New Jersey, in Mercer County. Continue reading Body of kidnapped Lindbergh baby discovered 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 12 1932) →

Video: 'Newsreel 'Nation aroused at revolting kidnapping of Lindbergh Baby, Hopewell N.J' HD Stock Footage'

(Tuesday, March 1, 1932, between 8:00-10:00 p.m. EST; during the Lindbergh kidnapping) — Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the 20-month-old son of Charles A. Lindbergh, pilot of the world’s first non-stop transatlantic flight, was abducted tonight from the crib in the upper floor of the Lindberghs’ home, Highfields, in East Amwell, New Jersey, about 13 miles northwest of Princeton. Continue reading Lindbergh baby kidnapped from home of parents on farm near Princeton, New Jersey 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 1 1932) →

Video: 'Japan on the offensive: The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria'

(Saturday, February 27, 1932) — The Japanese invasion of Manchuria, which began five months ago when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident, ended today when Chinese General Chao Ting offered to cease hostilities. Continue reading General Ting Chao offers to cease hostilities, ending official Chinese resistance in Manchuria 90 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 27 1932) →

Video: 'Mahatma Gandhi arrested - Bombay, January 4, 1932'

(Monday, January 4, 1932, 3:05 a.m. India Standard Time; during the Indian independence movement) — One week after his return to India following the failed Second Roundtable Conference in London, Mahatma Gandhi, the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement, was arrested early today for the second time within a year and a half, and Nationalist India once more girded itself for a non-violent war on Great Britain. Continue reading British arrest Indian nationalist Mahatma Gandhi, rush him off to jail 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 4 1932) →

Video: 'World's Largest Suspension Span (1931)'

(Saturday, October 24, 1931, ceremonies were scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. EST) — The George Washington Bridge, a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting the New York City borough of Manhattan with the New Jersey borough of Fort Lee, was officially dedicated today. Continue reading George Washington Bridge connecting New York and New Jersey dedicated 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1931) →

Video: 'Pacific Conquered - the first non-stop trans-Pacific flight, 1931'

(Monday, October 5, 1931, 7:14 a.m. PST) — Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. completed the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean, making a controlled crash landing of their red Bellanca J-300 Long Distance Special, the Miss Veedol, today on a strip cut out of the sagebrush on Fancher Field near what is now East Wenatchee, Washington, 41 hours and 13 minutes after taking off from Misawa, Japan. Continue reading Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. complete first nonstop flight across Pacific Ocean 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 5 1931) →

Video: 'The Japanese Attack Manchuria 1931'

(Friday, September 18, 1931, at around 10:20 p.m. local time; during the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, part of the Interwar period) — The Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria tonight immediately following the Mukden Incident, a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the invasion. Continue reading Japanese invasion of Manchuria begins 90 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 18 1931) →