Timeline Saturday 24 July 1897

Events on Saturday 24 July 1897 4

• 1897 – 1937 Amelia Earhart (1897-1937) American aviation pioneer and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Amelia Earhart was an American pilot who set numerous altitude, speed and distance records and became a global celebrity. She disappeared near Howland Island in July 1937 while attempting to fly around the world, and her fate remains unresolved.
• 1897 Amelia Earhart is born in Atchison, Kansas Birth of a future aviation pioneer Amelia Mary Earhart was born in Atchison, Kansas, on 24 July 1897. She grew up in Kansas, Iowa and elsewhere in the Midwest.
• 1897 Dingley Tariff enacted The United States raises import duties sharply President McKinley signed the Dingley Act, which raised average US tariff rates to the highest level in the country's history up to that time. It stayed in force until 1909.
• 1897 Dingley Tariff enacted The United States raises import duties sharply President McKinley signed the Dingley Act, which raised average US tariff rates to the highest level in the country's history up to that time. It stayed in force until 1909.