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Lou Gehrig signed a new contract with the New York Yankees for $36,000 plus a $750 signing bonus, making him the highest-paid player in baseball.
Amelia Earhart‘s plane crashed as she attempted to take off in Honolulu. Earhart and her two passengers escaped injury
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41 women were arrested at a Woolworths in Manhattan after crossing their arms and refusing to work. The strikers are seeking a 40-hour week for $20 pay,
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Arabs in Tripoli presented Mussolini with the “Sword of Islam” to symbolize his leadership and present him as a protector of the Muslim faith. A famous propaganda photo depicts Mussolini on horseback raising this sword above his head.
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The former French Ambassador to Italy Charles de Chambrun was shot in the thigh by a woman who blamed him for breaking up her friendship with Mussolini
Taxi Wars take place in Chicago, here A crowd surrounds a Checker taxi after it was overturned
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The Civil List of George VI was presented in the House of Commons.Edward, Duke of Windsor was absent from the list, ending the speculation over whether he would receive a government pension. Whatever income Edward was to receive would be a matter purely within the family
The Duce, Benito Mussolini at a mass in the Agricultural Center in Massah (a town called Luigi Razza by the italians), Libya
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Got back from a visit to Seminole – Curry’s (our hostess) were lonley but Carsey Such a selfish insulting someone I never seen! I don’t care if I never see him!
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20,000 people attended an anti-Nazi rally in Madison Square Garden. Banners hanging from the rafters called for a boycott of Nazi goods. Hugh S. Johnson was a featured speaker at the event, declaring that “Hitler and his immediate staff of Nazipathics have become a sort of monster, threatening the peace of the world.
The Highway is under construction in San Francisco
The Derailment of a Southern Pacific freight train in the mouth of tunnel at Tehachapi Pass held up passenger for hours. They later were taken to Los Angeles by bus.
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Beginning at midnight the naval powers of France, Great Britain, Italy and Germany began patrolling Spanish seas with the objective of keeping foreign arms and volunteers out of the Civil War
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Joe Petrali riding a specially built streamlined Harley-Davidson in Daytona Beach, he set a new one-mile motorcycle speed record of 136.183 mph. That record would hold for 11 years.
The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling in the Remington Rand strike, finding that Remington Rand committed acts of deceit, economic warfare and union breaking. The company was ordered to reinstate all strikers with back pay and recognize the union, but owner James Rand, Jr. refused and the strike continued.
One of the few tank-vs.-tank engagements of the Spanish Civil War was fought near Trijueque when some Republican T-26s destroyed five Italian-made CV 3/35 tankettes and severely damaged two more
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The U.S. Ambassador to Germany William Dodd protested to German Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath about recent attacks on the United States in the German press. Von Neurath said he regretted the violent tone of the articles but did not give a formal reply
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The Murderer Simone Desarmenien Crying In The Police Station Of Colombes, She Had Been Severely Injured With A Hatchet By His Husband And His Mistress.