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diary 2The 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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The 1936 Republican National Convention opened in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Galeazzo Ciano

Mussolini made a cabinet reshuffle relinquishing three of his eight posts. Son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano was made Foreign Minister, the youngest in Italian history at age 33.

A presidential election was held in Nicaragua. became Provisional President.

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Monday June 8, 1936

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diary 2The 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

Texas Governor James V Allred is on the cover of this week’s Time magazine.

42 were killed in Bucharest when two crowded grandstands collapsed during a Boy Scouts rally. Members of the royal family including King Carol II and son Michael witnessed the tragedy but were uninjured.

A bomb blast at the Jaffa Gate in Jerusalem wounded 25.

The First Lady is in Iowa talking about the WPA program

Chicago Daily Tribune June 8, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune June 8, 1936
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