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Tuesday April 27, 1937

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

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Wallis Simpson‘s divorce became permanent when the mandatory six months elapsed since the divorce decree was issued. The former Mrs. Simpson was now free to marry again.

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Ida May Fuller received the first social security check

The first social security payments were made in the United States under the Social Security Act of 1935

The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss, April 27, 1937 [photograph]The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge is  presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss.

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The National Maritime Museum was officially opened by George VI

Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937