Daily Archives: November 1, 2017

Monday November 1, 1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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

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The Defense of Sihang Warehouse ended in Japanese victory.

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Japanese troops advanced deeper into Shanghai by crossing Suzhou Creek.

Image result for Anna Marie Hahn trial on the standAnna Marie Hahn took the stand in her own defense during her sensational murder trial in Cincinnati, Ohio. Hahn denied ever poisoning anyone with arsenic

Nuclear Scientist Ernest Orlando Lawrence is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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The first transmission of Hilltop House took place on CBS. Also, the action-adventure comic strip Terry and the Pirates was aired for the first time. 

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Sunday October 31,1937

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diary 2The story continues with the second journal. This is an entry from her personal diary, by Elizabeth Lancaster

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

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Chinese forces abandoned the Defense of Sihang Warehouse. The top floors of the warehouse burst into flames from Japanese shelling as the Chinese withdrew.

Image result for october 31, 1937WYNC Greenpoint, Brooklyn transmitter on opening day

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HMS Gloucester is launched by the British Royal Navy. She was one of the second group of three ships of the Town Class of light cruisers.

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