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The first commercial flight across the Pacific is made as a Pan-American Boeing 314 Clipper seaplane arrives in Hong Kong.
The Nationalists captured Durango and Guernica.
Penguin Chorus’ during a preview of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta, in San Francisco.
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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.
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 is presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss.
The National Maritime Museum was officially opened by George VI
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.
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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The Soviet Union announced the completion of all goals of the five-year plan nine months to a year ahead of schedule. The announcement came despite numerous articles in the state-controlled press stating that many branches of the plan were lagging behind
New Zealand contingent at 1937 Anzac Day commemoration
In Paris, French actor TINO ROSSI is escorted by policemen through a crowd of fans
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Britain and France allowed Belgium to withdraw from the security obligations of the Locarno Treaties.
Nationalist-controlled parts of Spain adopted the fascist salute except in the armed forces.
The BBC Television program For the Children first aired.
A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine
The first government “greener pastures” migration started from northeastern Colorado irrigated lands. More than 100 families were to be moved from “Dust Bowl” lands to the federal project in an effort to provide relief from the Great Depression.
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The Oshawa Strike ended when General Motors gave in to most of the strikers’ demands, though the company still refused to recognize the United Automobile Workers union.
The Madrid Defense Council was dissolved.
In Hungary, Ferenc Szálasi was sentenced to three months in prison and prohibited from holding office for three years for inciting people against the state as well as against Jews.
Roosevelt Stadium opened in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Charles Hurley throws out the first ball as Boston Red Sox manager Joe Cronin and New York Yankees manager Joe McCarthy watch
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Benito Mussolini hosted Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg in Venice. Mussolini explained that since the Rome-Berlin Axis had been formed, Schuschnigg could no longer count on Italian military support if Hitler made a move against Austria
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The Remington Rand strike ended when union members approved a settlement allowing them to return to their jobs.
The founding fathers of Harley Davidson pose for a picture
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On Budget Day in the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain raised income and business taxes to achieve a small projected surplus of £282,000.
In Berlin, Hitler reviewed 14,000 troops parading in honour of his 48th birthday. Albert Speer presented Hitler with renderings and a first model of the Volkshalle.
B’nai B’rith was banned in Nazi Germany because of individual members spreading “communist propaganda”.
Gee Walker of the Detroit Tigers hit for the cycle during a 4-3 win over the Cleveland Indians. He is the only player to ever hit for the cycle on Opening Day.
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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Generalissimo Francisco Franco unified the Falangists and Carlists into a single party called the Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional Sindicalista.
The Non-Intervention Committee agreed to establish patrols of Spain’s coasts. The patrols were authorized to determine the destination of vessels but not to carry out search and seizure operations. Germany and Italy were to monitor Republican ships while Britain and France would monitor the Nationalists. This scheme proved to be ineffective since the Germans could use ships flying the Panamanian or Liberian flags and unload their cargo in Portugal with the complicity of authorities there.
Anthony Eden told the House of Commons that the government would investigate reports that poison gas had been shipped from Germany to Spain.
Walter Young of Canada won the Boston Marathon
President Roosevelt opens the baseball season.
The “Heater from Van Meter” is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine
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