Daily Archives: October 18, 2016

Sunday October 18, 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.diary 2

Played for church.  Wolfe’s took me, Lavorna and Lenore for a ride to Hondo – Beautiful

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

1936 Cansiglio earthquake is located in ItalyThe Cansiglio earthquake in northeast Italy killed 19 people.

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Rayos y Centellas

Nationalists captured Illescas, Toledo.

The Sunday Referee somewhat broke the self-censorship policy of the British press by writing that “within the last day or so rumors from abroad have grown that the king is to marry before next May. If that were so, postponement (of his coronation) would be inevitable.

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The Robinson Monument was dedicated in Gardiner Maine

 

 

.A Roller-Skating Event To Mark The Inauguration Of The New Lay Out Of Pereire Square In Paris

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Chicago Sunday Tribune October 18, 1936
Chicago Sunday Tribune October 18, 1936

Saturday October 17,1936

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.diary 2

No post today

Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today

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Image result for fdr dedicated hyde park stadiumFranklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, were greeted in Niagara Falls, New York, by at least 40,000 spectators.  The purpose of this Niagara visit was to dedicate the newly constructed Hyde Park Stadium.

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The Spanish Republic opened Albacete as the headquarters and training ground of the International Brigades

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker Magazine

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