Tuesday June 16, 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

Belgian troops were ordered mobilized to protect public services as thousands more workmen joined the miners already out on strike.

José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones stood in the Cortes Generales  in Spain and read out statistics, which he challenged the government to disprove, showing that in the last 48 hours, 65 people had been killed, 36 churches had been destroyed by fire and 34 more severely damaged. Prime Minister Quiroga did not dispute the statistics but blamed the country’s strife on fascists.

24 died when a ferry sank in the Danube at Budapest.

DNL Ju-52 at Fornebu on water.jpeg

Havørn Accident: A Junkers Ju 52 crashed into the mountain Lihesten in Norway, killing all 7 aboard. It was the first fatal aviation accident in Norway

Chicago Daily Tribune June 16, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune June 16, 1936

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