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World War I ended on November 11, 1918
Naval aviation consisted of 6,716 officers and 30,693 men, with 282 officers and 2189 men in Marine Corp units.
The U.S. Navy had a total of 2,107 airplanes of which 1,172 were flying boats
Other Facts from 1918 President: Woodrow Wilson Songs From 1918 “Till we meet again” “Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody”
Average annual income New car Loaf of bread Gallon of milk Gallon of gas Dow Jones Average
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$1,697 $440 $0.10 $0.56 $0.15 84
First Carrier take-off by LCdr.. V.C. Griffin in Vought VE-7SF from U.S.S. Langley on October 17, 1922.
Lilian Gatlin becomes first woman to fly across the U.S.
Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr are Nobel Prize winners in Physics.
Other Facts from 1922 President: Warren G. Harding Average annual income New car Loaf of bread Gallon of milk Gallon of gas Dow Jones Average
$2,067 $390 $0.09 $0.52 $0.11
Songs from 1922 “April Showers” “Carolina in the Morning”
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Lindbergh flew Atlantic solo on May 20-21, 1927.
The first solo nonstop Trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris was completed by Charles A. Lindbergh, a distance of 3,609 miles.
The Ryan-built “Spirit of St. Louis” cost $10,580 with the Wright J-5 engine. Other Facts from 1927
President: Calvin Coolidge Songs From 1927 “Blue Skies” “I’m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover”
Average annual income New car Loaf of bread Gallon of milk Gallon of gas Dow Jones Average
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$2,400 $495 $0.09 $0.56 $0.12 175