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
No post today.
Here’s what else was happening 80-years-ago today
Day 4 of the Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany
Jesse Owens won gold in the 200-metre dash. His time of 20.7 seconds would have easily been a new world record, but the IAAF did not recognize records set on a turn at the time
Earle Meadows won the pole vault for the United States.
The naval battle known as the Convoy de la victoria was fought in the Strait of Gibraltar, resulting in a Nationalist victory.
Chicago and Southern Flight 4: A Chicago and Southern Airlines plane crashed on a farm near St. Louis, killing all 8 aboard.