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Today in American History - May 21

By Martin Kelly, About.com

Events:
1881 - American Red Cross was founded.

1927 - Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo Transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis.

1932 - Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Deaths:
1935 - Jane Addams.
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