Earhart got to enjoy the car for less than a year before her disappearance Amelia Earhart purchased a 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible just 9 months before disappearing The car was unique, not just ...

In 1928, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. Though she was only a passenger on the plane, Earhart was thrust into prominence and was soon heralded as ...

“Sex, violent death, and mystery. If your life has one of these things, people might be interested. If it has two, now you’re tabloid fodder. If it has three, you’re Amelia Earhart.” So begins “A Note ...

In the 1920s, in “The Crack-Up,” F. Scott Fitzgerald declared, people “thought of their old best dreams. Maybe there was a way out by flying, maybe our restless blood could find frontiers in the ...

The tragic death of Amelia Earhart owed as much to her husband’s Svengali-like machinations as to her limited piloting skills, according to this canny dual biography. Journalist Shapiro (The Stowaway) ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Maj. G.E. Brower, from left, commander ...

Amelia Earhart, fondly known as "Lady Lindy," was an American aviator who mysteriously disappeared in July 1937 while trying to circumnavigate the globe from the equator. Earhart was the 16th woman to ...

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on June 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Sports flashback: June 25, 1999 Mia ...