Surya Bahadur Thapa was a Nepali politician and a five-time Prime Minister of Nepal. He served under three different kings in a political career lasting more than 50 years.

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1928Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.^[†]

Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for over 33 hours. His aircraft, the Spirit of St. Louis, was built to compete for the $25,000 Orteig Prize for the first flight between the two cities. Although not the first transatlantic flight, it was the first solo crossing of the Atlantic and the longest at the time by nearly 2,000 miles (3,200 km), setting a new flight distance world record. The achievement garnered Lindbergh worldwide fame and stands as one of the most consequential flights in history, signalling a new era of air transportation between parts of the globe.

Headlines from March 21, 1928

$100,000,000 GAIN IN INCOME TAX SEEN; Total Receipts Reported to Washington Are Already $17,000,000 Above 1927. OFFICIALS LOTH TO PREDICT Returns for Two New York City Districts Show Slight Increase Over Last Year.

SMITH CAUSTIC TO NYE; Arraigns Robinson Also for Misstatements on Sinclair Gifts. ASSERTS HE NEVER GOT ANY Sinclair Did Give $5,000 to Miller Fund in 1922, Smith Learns Atter Sending Letter. OIL MAN AIDED TAMMANY Gave $1,000 to Hall in 1918 and $250 in 1926, Search of Albany Records Shows.

26 EUROPEAN OPERAS TO TRAIN AMERICANS; Houses in Minor Cities Sign Contract to Accept Four Students Each a Year. AUDITIONS BEGIN IN APRIL Werrenrath Heads Judges Board--Companies Get Total of $750,000 Under Plan.

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