Pilot Aida De Acosta

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Aida De Acosta

Living place: Bedford

Birthday: 28-7-1884

Global rank: #74835

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Who is Pilot Aida De Acosta?
Aida De Acosta is known as the first woman to fly a personal flight and is an American social activist. It took her only three lessons before she made her first flight.
On June 27, 1903 she made a solo flight from Paris to Château de Bagatelle with the help of pilot Santos- Dumont rode her bicycle below, waving and shouting for advice.
In 1992 she discovered she had glaucoma, a disease that left her with missing one eye. She raised funds to establish the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1925 with the amount of $3,000.00.
In 1935 the mayor of New York was Mr. /chinh-tri-gia/fiorello-la-guardia/a0ip">Fiorello La Guardia named after her a new arts committee created to stimulate artistic and performing life From 1945 to 1955 she served as the director of the Sight eye rehabilitation bank in New York, the first eye bank in the United States.
 
 

Young / Before famous

Aida De Acosta grew up in New York City. In 1898 her family returned to Cuba during the war between Spain and the United States.
In the summer of 1903 after a trip to Paris, she had a special interest in the Santos-Dumont airship.
Thanks to her good relationship with pilot Santos-Dumont, she convinced him to let her fly with "IX" after 3 lessons.

Family life info

Her father, Ricardo de Acosta, was a Cuban-born steamboat operator. Her mother is Micaela Hernández de Alba y de Alba - descended from the famous Spanish duke Alba. She has seven siblings.
Her first husband was Oren Root III - grandson of an American politician. They married in 1908 and divorced in 1922. The couple had a son, Oren Root IV (1911-1995) and a daughter, Alva de Acosta Root.
Second husband. Her second is Colonel Henry S. Breckinridge. The two married in 1927 and divorced in 1947.

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When was Pilot Aida De Acosta born?
Aida De Acosta was born in 28-7-1884, death year is , at the age of 140.
Where is Pilot Aida De Acosta's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Aida De Acosta was born in Long Branch, New Jersey- United States. Ms working and living in Bedford, New York- United States. Ms, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Monkey. Aida De Acosta's global rank is 74835 and whose rank is 75 in list of famous Pilot.
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Events in 1884 and 28-7

Birthday Aida De Acosta (28-7) in history

  • Day 28-7 year 1540: Former UK Foreign Secretary Thomas Cromwell was executed for treason and heresy at Tower Hill. On this same day, King Henry VIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
  • Day 28-7 year 1750: The great German baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach passed away in Leipzig, Germany.
  • Day 28-7 year 1794: Robespierre, The French revolutionary leader, was taken to the guillotine.
  • Day 28-7 year 1821: Peru declared its independence from Spain.
  • Day 28-7 year 1868: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which established the citizenship of African Americans and guaranteed due process of law, was ratified.
  • Day 28-7 year 1914: Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, precipitating the start of World War I.
  • Day 28-7 year 1932: Herbert Hoover ordered Douglas MacArthur to evict the Bonus Marchers from their camps.
  • Day 28-7 year 2002: Nine Pennsylvania coal miners were rescued after 77 hours of being trapped in a mine shaft.
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