On this day in 1912, Harriet Quimby from Arcadia, Michigan, made history as the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel. She was also the first American woman to become a licensed pilot and wrote seven screenplays for early Hollywood. In 2018, Des Linden from Brooks, Michigan, won the Boston Marathon, becoming the first American woman to win since 1985. The two-time Olympian crossed the finish line in just under 2 hours, 39 minutes, and 55 seconds, celebrating with a victory lap carrying an American flag.
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On this day in 1912, Harriet Quimby, from Arcadia, Michigan made history when she became the first woman to fly solo over the English Channel. Not only that, but she was the first American woman to become a licensed pilot, and also wrote seven short screenplays for early Hollywood, all of which directed by D.W. Griffith.
And in 2018, Des Linden, of Brooks, Michigan, north of Grand Rapids, won the Boston Marathon. She was the first American woman to win in Boston since 1985. The Two-time Olympian, who had never won a major marathon before, crossed the finish line with a time of just under 2 hours, 39 minutes and 55 seconds. The rain-soaked crowd roared as the American woman took the final left turn onto Boylston Street where the famed finish line sits. As she approached the tape, she pumped her fists in the air and blew a kiss to the crowd. Moments after she broke the tape Des Linden took a victory lap up and down Boylston carrying and American flag.