 Illinois, as white moms attack black residents, at least 50 and as many as 200 people, most of them black, are believed to have died very sadly in the violence. A sign of the times then. On this date in 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first around-the-world flight along the equator. And they're still looking for her and for Mr. Noonan as well.