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Tuesday December 22, 1936

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.

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

 

Radio station 2CH’s Children’s Christmas party, Trocadero,Paris.

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Image result for december 22, 1936Man looks out over the Hudson River and NYC from within the framework of the George Washington Bridge

 

 

 

 

 

An abandoned coal camp on Scott’s Run, West Virginia,

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Egyptian parliament ratified the Anglo-Egyptian treaty.

Chicago Daily Tribune December 22, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune December 22, 1936

Saturday May 2, 1936

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.

April has gone!  Slept late today. Paid some bills and practiced for tomorrow.  Saw Margaret Douglas but I can’t remember her name now.  She has gained 20 pounds since I saw her last.  I guess that was in Tucumcari. Washed.

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

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker

Parliamentary elections were held in Egypt, won by the Wafd Party.

 

 

 

Bold Venture won the Kentucky Derby.

The Sergei Prokofiev composition Peter and the Wolf premiered in Moscow

 

 

 

Temple prepare for the Second Sino-Japanese War as they wear gas masks during training against future aerial attacks in Tokyo, Japan

 

Chicago Daily Tribune May 2, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune May 2, 1936

Thursday January 30, 1936

diary 2The story continues with the second journal.  This is an entry from her personal diary,  written by 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

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Prime Minister of Egypt

Ali Mahir Pasha became Prime Minister of Egypt.

Another border incident between the Soviet Union and Manchukuo occurred. 3 Russians were killed in a skirmish with Japanese-Manchukuan troops.

The new owners of the Boston Braves baseball club asked newspapermen to come up with a new nickname for the team based on suggestions by fans. The nickname of Bees was soon chosen, but it never really caught on and the team’s nickname was reverted to the Braves after the 1940 season.

1936Ziegfeldf.jpgThe musical revue Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 with music by Vernon Duke and lyrics by Ira Gershwin premiered at the Winter Garden Theater on Broadway

Germany celebrates Hitler’s 4th anniversary.

The Chicago Daily Tribune  Jan 30, 1936 pg4
The Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 30, 1936 pg4
The Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 30, 1936
The Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 30, 1936