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Tuesday June 23, 1936

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

 

 

The 1936 Democratic National Convention opened in Philadelphia.

Al Capone was stabbed in the back by fellow Alcatraz inmate James C. Lucas with a blade from a pair of barber’s shears, but the wound was not serious.

Maryse Hilsz.jpgMaryse Hilsz of France set a new women’s flight altitude record of 14,000m

 

 

Roger Salengro Home Secretary rekindle the Flame of the Unknown Soldier Grave

 

Chicago Daily Tribune June 23, 1936
Chicago Daily Tribune June 23, 1936