NEWS AND NOTES OF THE ART WORLD
Date: 23 March 1913
Sabiha Gökçen (Turkish: [sabiˈha ɟøcˈtʃɛn]; 22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She became the world's first female fighter pilot, at age 23. As an orphan, she was one of the nine children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
She is recognized as the first female combat pilot by The Guinness Book of World Records and was selected as the only female pilot for the poster of "The 20 Greatest Aviators in History" published by the United States Air Force in 1996.
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, the second airport in Istanbul, is named after her.
Lees meer...22 maart 1913 was een zaterdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♈. Het was de 80e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Woodrow Wilson.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 113 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op zondag 22 maart 2026, 61 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op maandag 22 maart 2027, in 303 dagen. Je hebt 41.334 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 992.021 uur, of ongeveer 59.521.316 minuten, of ongeveer 3.571.278.960 seconden.
Date: 23 March 1913
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
Date: 23 March 1913
RICHARD ALDRICH
Richard ALDRICH
Date: 23 March 1913
Date: 23 March 1913
Special to The New York Times