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Wednesday December 9, 1936

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The British Cabinet pleaded with King Edward to reconsider his decision to abdicate.

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1936 KLM Croydon accident: A KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passenger plane crashed in Croydon soon after takeoff in heavy fog, killing 15 of 17 aboard. The accident was attributed to pilot error. Autogyro inventor Juan de la Cierva was among the dead.

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David Frankfurter went on trial in Chur, Switzerland for the murder of Nazi leader Wilhelm Gustloff

 

 

 

Scores of families are seen taking refuge underground on a Madrid subway platform, as bombs are dropped by Franco’s rebel aircraft

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The Lord Mayor’s Boy Players are rehearsing their Christmas carols. London. United Kingdom

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Tuesday December 8, 1936

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The NAACP wins the landmark case, Gibbs v. Board of Education, against the state of Maryland, ensuring that white and Black teachers are paid equally.

 

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Hans Fritzsche

German media acknowledged the British abdication crisis for the first time when Hans Fritzsche gave an address over the radio explaining that the German press had taken a stance “nobler” than that of foreign newspapers by not reporting on “the private affairs of those concerned.”

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Carl von Ossietzky

Nazi Germany imposed a travel ban on Carl von Ossietzky so he could not go to Oslo to accept his Nobel Peace Prize.

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General elections were held in Nicaragua. An alliance of the Liberal Nationalist Party and Conservative Nationalist Party claimed 99.83% of the vote.

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Monday December 7, 1936

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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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Streptococcous meningitis was successfully treated for the first time with a sulfa drug. The condition was previously 99% fatal.

Congressman Cordell Hull is on the cover of this week’s Time Magazine

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A police lineup in California

Boeing YB-17 36-149 nosed over on landing at Seattle

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Sunday December 6, 1936

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Leon Trotsky

 

Mexico announced that it had given permission for Leon Trotsky to enter the country and “remain as long as he desires

 

 

 

 

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Saturday December 5, 1936

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The 1936 Soviet Constitution, also known as the Stalin constitution, was adopted in the Soviet Union.

Image result for 24th Grey CupThe Sarnia Imperials beat the Ottawa Rough Riders 26-20 in the 24th Grey Cup of Canadian football.

 

 

 

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker

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Chicago Daily Tribune Dec 5, 1936
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Thursday December 3 , 1936

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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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Tried out Mrs. Markham’s new 1937 Plymouth Coupe.  It is keen!

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The First Battle of the Corunna Road ended indecisively.

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President Roosevelt visited Montevideo.

 

 

 

 

Image result for wallis simpsonWallis Simpson left England and boarded a boat for France. Over the next two days Simpson and her entourage drove to Cannes, doing their best to dodge reporters along the way

 

 

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Wednesday December 2, 1936

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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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British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin informed the King that a morganatic marriage would not be accepted.  Edward now had three choices: end his relationship with Wallis Simpson, marry against the advice of his ministers who would then resign, or abdicate.

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John Ringling died at the age of  70, he was the  American co-founder of Ringling Brothers Circus

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Tuesday December 1, 1936

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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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Bishop of Bradford Alfred Blunt

The Edward VIII abdication crisis finally came out into the open in Britain when the Bishop of Bradford Alfred Blunt, speaking at his diocesan conference about the upcoming royal coronation, said of the king that “Some of us wish that he gave more positive signs of his awareness.” The Yorkshire Post used the speech to question the king’s behaviour and the rest of the British press soon followed suit, finally breaking their policy of self-imposed censorship.

5,000 Germans landed at Cádiz to fight for Franco.

Nazi Germany passed several new laws. Membership in the Hitler Youth was made mandatory and the death penalty was introduced for those who hoarded their wealth abroad.

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The Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the conference with an address that included The More Abundant Life phrase

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Monday November 30, 1936

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The Republicans launched the Villarreal Offensive.

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The Crystal Palace of London was destroyed by fire. Huge numbers of people turned out to watch the spectacular blaze.

 

 

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President Roosevelt visited Buenos Aires to an enthusiastic welcome

 

Marlene Dietrich is on the cover of this weeks Time Magazine

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Chicago Daily Tribune November 30, 1936
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