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Meet the Stars, A Cast Made By History

Meet Amelia Earhart, Al Capone, Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein and George Armstrong Custer. The real-life stories of these American heroes are better than fiction.


Amy Adams and Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart played by Amy Adams (left). Photograph by Doane Gregory. Amelia Earhart in 1936 is perched in the unfinished fuselage of the Lockheed Electra that was to be her "flying laboratory" in a flight around the world. Photograph by an unidentified photographer for International News Photos, 1936, NPG.


Amelia Earhart (1897-1937)

Earhart is one of the most famous aviators in history. Her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic in 1932, the first for a woman, established her reputation as an outstanding pilot. She disappeared while attempting an around-the-world flight in 1937, at age 39.

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