Charles+A.+Lindbergh

 __ An American Hero: Charles A. Lindbergh  __ By: Barry Deneberg



**In 1927 he made the first solo, non- stop flight from New York to Paris. His Flight took 33 1/2 hours and he flew in a plan called the Spirit of the St. Louis.**



** February 4, 1902 - ** Charles Augustus Lindbergh is born in Detroit, Michigan **May 12, 1932**- There son was found dead in the woods behind there house due to a blow to the head.
 * March 1902 - ** Lindbergh's parents return to their home in Little Falls, Minnesota with five-week-old Charles.
 * June 15, 1918 - ** Lindbergh collects his diploma from Little Falls High School.
 * Fall 1920 - ** Lindbergh starts his studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
 * February 2, 1922 - ** Two days short of his 20th birthday, Lindbergh is dropped from the University of Wisconsin. He eventually signs on with the Nebraska Aircraft Corporation, where he hopes to learn every aspect of airplane building, maintenance, and flying.
 * Spring/Summer 1923 - ** Lindbergh, now a pilot, barnstorms his way around the Midwest.
 * March 1924 - ** Lindbergh enlists in the Army Air Service and begins training. He graduates, first in his class, from the Army's Advanced Flying School and is commissioned as a second lieutenant. At loose ends because few squadrons need new pilots, he decides to head for St. Louis, where he begins working as a test pilot, barnstormer, stunt flyer and mail pilot.
 * Fall 1926 - ** Bored with mail flying, Lindbergh dreams of capturing the $25,000 Orteig Prize that will be given to the first aviator to fly nonstop between New York and Paris. Time is of the essence because several other teams of pilots in the U.S. and France are preparing their own transatlantic flights.
 * April 1927 - ** Construction on Lindbergh's plane is complete and Lindbergh conducts a series of test flights.
 * May 12, 1927 - ** Lindbergh arrives in New York. He had crossed the entire country in less than twenty-two hours of flying time. The media takes a shine to Lindbergh, not only because he is physically the most attractive of all the fliers attempting the New York/Paris flight but because he is the only one attempting the journey on his own.
 * May 20, 1927 - ** At 7:54 am, Lindbergh takes off from Long Island's Roosevelt Field.
 * May 21, 1927 - ** At 10:54 pm, Lindbergh lands at Le Bourget airfield near Paris. A human tidal wave of spectators, 150,000 strong, is there to greet him. Overnight, the modern wonders of communication transform the 25-year "boy" into the most famous man on earth.
 * June 10, 1927 - ** Lindbergh returns to the U.S. on board the U.S.S. Memphis. He gets his first taste of the reception that lies ahead.
 * June 13, 1927 - ** More than four million people turn out for events honoring the flier in New York. By this time, Lindbergh has become the most photographed man in the world.
 * December 13, 1927 - ** Lindbergh departs from Washington, D.C. for a nonstop flight to Mexico City. He is making the trip at the invitation of the new U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Dwight Morrow, who hopes to lessen tensions between the two countries. While staying at the embassy for Christmas he meets Anne Morrow, one of the ambassador's daughters.
 * May 27, 1929 - ** Anne Morrow and Charles Lindbergh are wed.
 * June 22, 1930**- There son, Charles Lindbergh Jr. was born.
 * March 4, 1932-** Charles Lindbergh Jr. was kidnapped out of his room.
 * August 23, 1948 - ** Lindbergh's book, Of Flight and Life, is published.
 * April 7, 1954 - ** Lindbergh is sworn in as a Brigadier General. He also serves on a congressional commission to select a permanent location for the United States Air Force Academy. He adds even more to his prestige later in the year when he completes his autobiography, The Spirit of St. Louis. The book becomes a bestseller and receives the Pulitzer Prize.
 * 1962 - ** Lindbergh becomes increasingly interested in the impact that "civilization" is having on the earth.
 * Summer 1969 - ** Lindbergh, who has fallen in love with the Hawaiian Islands, begins building a home on Maui.
 * October 1972 - ** During a routine examination, Lindbergh's doctor discovers an abnormal node that proves to be cancerous. He undergoes radiation therapy at the end of January and recuperates in Hawaii. He also arranges with the state and church authorities to secure a 30-foot wide burial plot near his home.
 * August 26, 1974 - ** Lindbergh dies in Hawaii.

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__Charles Lindberg Jr. Kidnapping __ · Born June 22, 1930 · Charles Jr. was suffering from a cold when he was kidnapped · He had been put to bed at 7:30 that night · The maid checked on Charles Jr. at around 10:00 and found him missing · There was a window open and a letter on the window sill · The letter said: Dear Sir, Have 50,000$ redy 25000$ in 20$ bills 15000$ in 10$ bills and 10000$ in 5$ bills. After 2-4 days will inform you were to deliver the Mony. We warn you for making anyding public or for notify the Polise the child is in gut care. Indication for all letters are singnature and 3 holds. (Actual words of the letter on the window sill.) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">By 10:30 that night radio news stations were announcing the story to the nation <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Many sightings of the baby were coming from California, Michigan, and Mexico; none were genuine <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">A full on investigation was started, but it was run by an amateur <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">John F. Condon called Lindbergh Sr. saying that he made contact with the kidnapper <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">He and “Graveyard John”, the kidnapper’s nickname, met in multiple graveyards to talk <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The money was delivered to Graveyard John, and Condon was given a note that told of the baby’s whereabouts <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">They went there and no baby was found, they had been double-crossed <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">On May 12, 1932, 72 days after the kidnapping Lindbergh Jr.’s decomposed body was found in the woods near the Lindbergh’s house <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The money that had been given to Graveyard John had been specifically serial numbered <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">The first of the money surfaced in New York only three days after the money had been given to Graveyard John <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Finally the police arrested Bruno Richard Hauptmann on September 19, 1934 <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">He was tried and got sentenced for the murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">It was called the “Trial of the Century” <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">He was put to death and died at 8:44 on April 3, 1936 on the electric chair <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">There was doubt of Hauptmann’s guilt all the way until his death and many still today think he was innocent