![]() ![]() In 1974, she was 42 years old when on February 5th, Patty Hearst, age 19 - granddaughter of William Randolph Hearst and daughter of publisher of the San Francisco Examiner Randolph Hearst - was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army, a left wing terrorist group. ![]() ![]() ![]() James Earl Ray was apprehended and plead guilty to shooting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader, was shot and killed by an assassin in Memphis. In 1968, Eleanor was 36 years old when on April 4th, Dr. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. In 1949, she was 17 years old when on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours. In 1932, in the year that Eleanor H Dixon was born, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Eleanor's lifetime. ![]()
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