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Events on Friday 18 June 1937 1
1937Chkalov's transpolar flightSoviet crew flies nonstop from Moscow to the United States over the North PoleValery Chkalov, Georgy Baidukov and Alexander Belyakov flew an ANT-25 nonstop from Moscow over the North Pole to Vancouver, Washington. It was the first nonstop flight between Europe and North America by the polar route.