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May 18

• 1982 - American Airlines' 1 millionth passenger is flown.

• 1970 - National Airlines ends a 108-day strike by offering ground crews a 33% pay increase.

• 1953 - Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier

• 1935 - the Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky crashes near Tushino after a mid-air collision. Fifty-six people are killed, making it the worst air crash at this time.

• 1919 - Harry Hawker and Lt Cdr Kenneth Mackenzie-Grieve attempt a non-stop Atlantic crossing but are forced to ditch their aircraft only 2,253 (1,400 miles) after leaving Newfoundland. London's Daily Mail newspaper awards them a prize of £5,000 for their attempt anyway