Today in History: 4 February 1902: American aviator and military officer Charles Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, but spent most of his childhood in Little Falls, Minnesota, and Washington DC. He became a US Army Air Service cadet and earned the rank of second lieutenant. The same year, he was hired as a US Air Mail pilot to prepare for his h…
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