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Polly and Rosamond came up
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The Folsom escape attempt occurred. Two of the seven prisoners trying to escape were shot dead; the other five were sentenced to death and eventually executed.
Tigers’ first baseman Hank Greenberg becomes the first player to hit a homer into the center field bleachers at Yankee Stadium.
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The press in Nazi Germany demanded that the Vatican publicly repudiate the Archbishop of ChicagoGeorge Mundelein for his remarks. “The cardinal insulted not only the head of the German state and its ministers but the entire German nation”, an editorial in Der Angriff stated. “We make the Catholic church responsible if the speech evokes a new wave of anti-German agitation, and we ask the Vatican if it intends to tolerate this speech without protest.”
Angry about being called for a balk during the sixth inning of a game against the New York Giants, Dizzy Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals began throwing at Giants batters in the top of the ninth. When Dean went to cover first base on a bunt by Jimmy Ripple, the two got into a fistfight that started a bench-clearing brawl
Italy celebrates birth of Empire: Musselini, King Victor EmmanuelChicago Daily Tribune May 19 1937
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Armistice Day! Stayed in bed until after 10 – Saw “The Ghost Goes West” with Lenore, Alyce Claire, Harriet P. and Evelyn Auyele. Letter from Mary Jo and Dit yesterday. No letter from Ty-Ty since I came back from Albuquerque!
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President Roosevelt and General Pershing lead the nation in observing Armistice Day
The British Royal Commission arrives in Palestine: in uniforms; Lord Peel (right)
The Peel Commission arrived in Palestine to investigate the causes of the recent Arab unrest and recommend solutions.
Joseph Goebbels
Joseph Goebbels banned art criticism in Germany and declared that only “art reporting” would be allowed from now on.
Victor Emmanuel III
President Roosevelt sent birthday greetings to Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, but only addressed him as the “king of Italy” and avoided his new additional title of “emperor of Ethiopia”
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Played for church. Wolfe’s took me, Lavorna and Lenore for a ride to Hondo – Beautiful
The Sunday Referee somewhat broke the self-censorship policy of the British press by writing that “within the last day or so rumors from abroad have grown that the king is to marry before next May. If that were so, postponement (of his coronation) would be inevitable.
The Robinson Monument was dedicated in Gardiner Maine
.A Roller-Skating Event To Mark The Inauguration Of The New Lay Out Of Pereire Square In Paris
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Britain announced a similar policy to Germany’s, warning that any attempt to interfere with British shipping in Spanish waters would be met with stern measures
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The 1936 Heat Wave inspires creativity at a time there was no air conditioning
When the temperature peaked at an all-time high of 108° in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the want-ad staff at the ‘St. Paul Daily News’ was provided with 400 pounds of ice and two electric fans to cool the air in the press room. Photo from the Minnesota Historical Society.
An apparent attempt to assassinate Edward VIII was foiled on Constitution Hill. As the king’s horse passed the crowd while returning to Buckingham Palace from a colours ceremony in Hyde Park, a man raised a revolver. A woman grabbed the man’s arm and shouted, alerting a constable who knocked the weapon from his hand. The man, identified as George Andrew McMahon, told police he had no intention of harming the king and was only making a protest.
Adolf Hitler sent Edward a telegram offering his “heartiest congratulations” on his escape.
Italy lifted its wartime restrictions on meat and nightlife curfews.
Charles Edward Coughlin
Father Charles Coughlin aligned himself with Francis Townsend and denounced President Roosevelt as a “great betrayer and liar”, saying, “He who promised to drive the money changers from the temple has built up the greatest public debt in the nation’s history. Is that driving the money changers from the temple?
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