... thinking it could be Hister! Ex-President James Garfield of the United States was fatally shot today in 1888. Aviator Amelia Earhart was listed as missing presumed dead in 1937, whilst making an attempt to fly around the world. This same date has also ...

... of the same match. Today's date in 1928 held mixed fortunes for a couple of the great adventurers of the 20th century. Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, while elsewhere, Roald Amundsen, the first man to have reached the ...

... n monster. Cue the hilarious esca- Flight for Freedom (BBCI, 7.30 am) (1943). Dramatic biopic of world famous aviator Amelia Earhart, played by Rosalind Russell. (B/W) McCloud: This Must be the Alamo (Granada, 2.45 pm) Another Seventies McCloud drama ...