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Tuesday April 27, 1937

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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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Wallis Simpson‘s divorce became permanent when the mandatory six months elapsed since the divorce decree was issued. The former Mrs. Simpson was now free to marry again.

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Ida May Fuller received the first social security check

The first social security payments were made in the United States under the Social Security Act of 1935

The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge, presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss, April 27, 1937 [photograph]The last symbolic rivet of the Golden Gate Bridge is  presented by Charles H. Segerstrom to Joseph Strauss.

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The National Maritime Museum was officially opened by George VI

Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937
Chicago Daily Tribune April 27, 1937
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Tuesday October 27, 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.diary 2

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Barry Faulkner’s constitution mural at the National Archives is finished.

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A judge in Ipswich granted Wallis Simpson a divorce from her husband Ernest, on the grounds that he had been unfaithful. She would be free to marry again after six months.British newspaper The Guardian reported the story but buried it on page 10

Chicago Daily Tribune October 27, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 27, 1936

 

 

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Thursday October 15, 1936

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The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, bydiary 2Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Siguenza Cathedral Civil War Spain

 

The Battle of Sigüenza ended in a Nationalist victory.

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Wallis Simpson in 1936

The British press observed an unofficial policy of self-censorship and refrained from publishing reports of Mrs. Simpson’s divorce proceedings. In the United States the story was front page news. The story was also reported freely in France, but the news was completely suppressed in Germany, Italy, Russia, Greece and the British Colonies.

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The Holocaust Explained

Jewish teachers were banned from public schools in Nazi Germany.

Location of Toyonaka in Osaka Prefecture

The city of Toyonaka, Osaka was founded in Japan

Chicago Daily Tribune October 15, 1936
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Wednesday October 14, 1936

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The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary, bydiary 2Elizabeth Lancaster Carsey 80-years-ago. Click here to read more.

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Wallis Simpson -1936.JPGA divorce suit initiated by Wallis Simpson against her husband Ernest was set for October 27. “The case will not be defended”, Mr. Simpson declared. “Beyond that I have no statement to make.”

Belgium withdrew from its treaty of mutual assistance with France due to France’s failure to react to the German remilitarization of the Rhineland.

Edward VIII made it known that he would not be continuing the tradition of the Royal Christmas Message started by his father.

Dimples1936MoviePoster.jpgThe musical film Dimples starring Shirley Temple was released.

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This Is How Engineering Students Moved a Car to the Top of a School Building

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune October 14, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 14, 1936
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Thursday April 9, 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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The U.S. Supreme Court will likely decide if the constitution allows the government to monitor private wire transfers

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President F.D. Roosevelt tours the tornado damage at Gainesville, Ga. See his remarks here.

 

Bennett Cerf and Sylvia Sidney
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Sylvia Sidney and Bennett Cerf were divorced in Los Angeles court

 

 

 

 

 

Chicago Daily Tribune April 9, 1936
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