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Saturday October 3, 1936

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

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A typhoon in Japan left approximately 70 dead.

A new Saturday Evening Post and New Yorker magazine

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USS Enterprise was christened by Mrs. Lucy (“Lulie”) Lyons Hall Swanson, wife of Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the Navy

 

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In Spain, Franco created a cabinet with three generals, a diplomat and his brother Nicolás.

The earliest known public use of the term “fifth column” appeared in Mundo Obrero in an article by Dolores Ibárruri, who attributed the term to Emilio Mola.

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Collingwood defeated South Melbourne in the 40th Victorian Football League Grand Final.

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Aztec Bowl after its completion in 1936

The Aztec Bowl was dedicated on the San Diego State University campus in San Diego, California.

Chicago Daily Tribune October 3, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune October 3, 1936

Wednesday January 15, 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)

Got my watch from Bullocks – Letter from Dad – as usual (he writes seldom but) it is good enough to last for some time.  Jaime left for El Paso for his new position in the plant, Ty-Ty got back Monday night from Silver City.  Charlotte Klyng ate with us (or me with her) and visited with us for awhile.

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

Henry and Edsel Ford in 1936

Edsel Ford, the son of auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, forms a philanthropic organization called the Ford Foundation with a donation of $25,000

 

New York city goes dark.

Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 16, 1936 pg 8
Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 16, 1936 pg 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan quit the London Naval Conference after rejecting tonnage limitations on various types of warships

Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 15, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune Jan 15, 1936