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

Day 10 of the 1936 Olympic Games

On this day in front of more than 90,000 fans, Hubert Shaw of the US team hit a first inning inside the park home run.

3 metre springboard
Gold  Marjorie Gestring (USA) Silver Katherine Rawls (USA) Bronze  Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)

10 metre platform
Gold Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)Silver Velma Dunn (USA)Bronze Käthe Köhler (GER)

The first International Brigades volunteers arrived in Spain.

The All India Students Federation was founded.

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