Amy Otis and Edwin Earhart marry. Amelia Mary Earhart is born in Atchison. Grace Muriel Earhart is born in Kansas City, Kansas. Orville and Wilbur Wright fly the first engine powered airplane. 1914 World War I begins in Europe.
Amelia becomes a volunteer nurse in Toronto, Canada.
Amelia begins to take flying lessons from Neta Snook and purchases her first plane, the Kinner Airster. 1927 Charles A. Lindbergh makes the first transatlantic solo flight. Amelia became the first female passenger on a transatlantic flight. The stock market crashes. George Putnam divorces his first wife.