When did Amelia Earhart die?

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who set many flying records and championed the advancement of women in aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, and the first person ever to fly solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland. read more

"The Odd Vanishing Of Amelia Earhart", released on August 25, 2017, was episode 5 of season 2 of BuzzFeed web series, BuzzFeed Unsolved: True Crime in which Earhart and the various conspiracy theories surrounding her disappearance were discussed. read more

The photo, which will be featured in a new History channel special called "Amelia Earhart: The Lost Evidence," was discovered in the National Archives more than 80 years after her death. In it, a woman who appears to be Earhart sits on a dock in the Marshall Islands near to a man who resembles her navigator Fred Noonan. read more

Researchers believe that new evidence supports the theory Amelia Earhart did not die in a plane crash, but as a castaway on a remote island. Earhart was last heard from on July 2, 1937, as she tried to establish a record as the first woman to fly around the world. read more

Amelia Earhart Centre And Wildlife Sanctuary was established at the site of her 1932 landing in Northern Ireland, Ballyarnet Country Park, Derry. The "Earhart Tree" on Banyan Drive in Hilo, Hawaii, was planted by Earhart in 1935. The Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship Awards were established in 1938. read more