Daily Archives: April 21, 2016

Tuesday April 21, 1936

The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

Howard Hughes sitting in the Northop Gamma Racer in New York after setting a new Miami-New York record

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Groundbreaking ceremonies for the San Jacinto Monument

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Anti-Jewish riots by Arabs in Tel Aviv-Jaffa killed 11 people and injured 50.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Neville Chamberlain, is surrounded by press photographers and journalists as he leaves No.11 Downing Street on Budget Day, 1936On Budget Day in the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain projected a surplus of nearly £3 million for the next year, but raised taxes to help pay for increased defence spending

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 21, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune April 21, 1936