Daily Archives: April 29, 2017

Thursday April 29, 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:

Image result for april 29, 1937 Ed Stanley drove the golden rivet to mark the completion of the $35 million Golden Gate Bridge

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The Irish Brigade fighting in Spain announced it was disbanding.

 

The Franco regime claimed that Guernica had been destroyed by communist demolition teams

 

 

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At Weybridge, K7721, the ninth production Wellesley is photographed

Image result for april 29, 1937The president visits New Orleans.

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India held general elections. Image result for april 29, 1937Fans crowd the stadium at the Illinois Derby on the final day of the  season

Chicago Daily Tribune April 29,1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 29,1937

Wednesday April 28, 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.

No post today

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

 

Image result for april 28, 1937The 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.

 

Image result for april 28, 1937Penguin Chorus’ during a preview of the Golden Gate Bridge Fiesta, in  San Francisco.

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Loggers walk the surface of a log jam on Minnesota’s Littlefork River

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