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Today in American History - May 20

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:


1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act.

1927 - Charles Lindsbergh left on the world's first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

1932 - Amelia Earhart left for the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a woman.

Deaths:


1506 - Christopher Columbus

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