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Sunday July 25, 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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The Battle of Brunete ended inconclusively.

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Final stage of the Tour de France
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Roger Lapébie

Roger Lapébie of France won the Tour de France.

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Rudolf Caracciola

 

Wednesday July 21, 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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Éamon de Valera

Éamon de Valera was re-elected President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State.

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The musical film High, Wide and Handsome starring Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott premiered at the Astor Theatre in New York City

Image result for july 21, 1937The Police Prefect Roger Langeron shaking hands of the decorated peacekeepers in Paris.

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Henri Desgrange (left), founder of the Tour de France, stands next to French rider Roger Lapebie in Pau, before the start of the 16th stage between Pau and Bordeaux.

1937 Man o' War racehorse. 1 of the greatest Thoroughbred race horses of all time.Man O War.

Chicago Daily Tribune July 21, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune July 21, 1937

Thursday July 30, 1936

diary 2The 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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Two days before the Summer Olympics were set to start in Berlin, Ernest L. Jahncke of the United States became the first person ever expelled from the International Olympic Committee. He was removed for his outspoken opposition to holding the Olympics in Germany.

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt attend a picnic with Allison Dysart, left, premier of New Brunswick in New Brunswick.

 

 

Twelve Italian bomber planes, their markings and numbers painted over, took off from Sardinia heading for Spanish Morocco where they were to join the Nationalist side under the banner of the Spanish Legion. Nine completed the flight but one crashed at sea and two were forced down on the French side of the Moroccan border. Italian military markings still visible under the fresh paint, as well as documentation that French authorities found aboard the planes, exposed the Italian scheme. The next day, newspapers around the world published the revelation that Italy was providing military assistance to the rebels.

Mary-of-scotland-1936.jpgThe historical film Mary of Scotland starring Katharine Hepburn premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York City

Reichssportflughafen Rangsdorf airport opens in Germany on the eve on the Olympic Games.

 

18th stage of the Tour de France rolls through Bordeaux-Saintes
Chicago Daily Tribune July 30, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune July 30, 1936

Thursday July 16, 1936

diary 2The 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

The 1936 Heat Wave inspires creativity at a time there was no air conditioning

When the temperature peaked at an all-time high of 108° in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the want-ad staff at the ‘St. Paul Daily News’ was provided with 400 pounds of ice and two electric fans to cool the air in the press room. Photo from the Minnesota Historical Society.

An apparent attempt to assassinate Edward VIII was foiled on Constitution Hill. As the king’s horse passed the crowd while returning to Buckingham Palace from a colours ceremony in Hyde Park, a man raised a revolver. A woman grabbed the man’s arm and shouted, alerting a constable who knocked the weapon from his hand. The man, identified as George Andrew McMahon, told police he had no intention of harming the king and was only making a protest.

Adolf Hitler sent Edward a telegram offering his “heartiest congratulations” on his escape.

Step 9 of The Tour de France is completed.

Italy lifted its wartime restrictions on meat and nightlife curfews.

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Charles Edward Coughlin

Father Charles Coughlin aligned himself with Francis Townsend and denounced President Roosevelt as a “great betrayer and liar”, saying, “He who promised to drive the money changers from the temple has built up the greatest public debt in the nation’s history. Is that driving the money changers from the temple?

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune July 16, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune July 16, 1936