(This is an entry from the journal entitled “Mexico Summer” written by Elizabeth Whipple Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago)

No post today:

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

George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess premieres on Broadway.

Greek President Alexandros Zaimis was deposed in a military coup.

Ethiopian commander Haile Selassie Gugsa defected to the Italian side.

The Langenberg transmission tower was destroyed by a tornado.

Six American countries met to define the new border between Paraguay and Bolivia after the Chaco War.

The Six Swingers recorded Black Coffee.

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