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:
A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine
The Battle of Almendrajelo ended in a Nationalist victory followed by a massacre. The Nationalists killed about 1,000 civilians.
Stanley Baldwin announced a British embargo of arms to Spain.
Father Charles Coughlin endorsed third-party candidate William Lemke
Day 11 of the 1936 Olympic Games
Medal summary
Men’s events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Ferenc Csik Hungary |
Masanori Yusa Japan |
Shigeo Arai Japan |
| 400 m freestyle |
Jack Medica United States |
Shunpei Uto Japan |
Shozo Makino Japan |
| 1500 m freestyle |
Noboru Terada Japan |
Jack Medica United States |
Shunpei Uto Japan |
| 100 m backstroke |
Adolph Kiefer United States |
Al Vande Weghe United States |
Masaji Kiyokawa Japan |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Tetsuo Hamuro Japan |
Erwin Sietas Germany |
Reizo Koike Japan |
| 4×200 m freestyle relay |
Japan (JPN) Shigeo Arai Shigeo Sugiura Masaharu Taguchi Masanori Yusa |
 United States (USA)Ralph Flanagan John Macionis Jack Medica Paul Wolf |
 Hungary (HUN)Oszkár Abay-Nemes Ferenc Csik Ödön Gróf Árpád Lengyel |
Women’s events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100 m freestyle |
Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands |
Jeannette Campbell Argentina |
Gisela Arendt Germany |
| 400 m freestyle |
Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands |
Ragnhild Hveger Denmark |
Lenore Wingard United States |
| 100 m backstroke |
Nida Senff Netherlands |
Rie Mastenbroek Netherlands |
Alice Bridges United States |
| 200 m breaststroke |
Hideko Maehata Japan |
Martha Genenger Germany |
Inge Sørensen Denmark |
| 4×100 m freestyle relay |
 Netherlands (NED)Rie Mastenbroek Willy den Ouden Jopie Selbach Tini Wagner |
 Germany (GER)Gisela Arendt Ruth Halbsguth Leni Lohmar Ingeborg Schmitz |
United States (USA) Mavis Freeman Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Katherine Rawls |
Italy won gold in football..
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