Tuesday February 16, 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.

 

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Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia

To celebrate the birth of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Mussolini proclaimed a general amnesty cancelling or reducing prison sentences for many types of offences.

Nylon

American chemist Wallace Carothers received a patent for nylon

Chicago Daily Tribune February 16, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune February 16, 1937

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