7 Jun 1936
  • Cruiser Köln began operations off Spain. ww2dbase [Köln | CPC]
  • Ira Eaker completed the first blind flight from New York to Los Angeles, making this the first North American transcontinental flight using only instruments. ww2dbase [Ira Eaker | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 7 Jun 1936
Former British Prime Minister David Lloyd George and German leader Adolf Hitler at Obersalzberg, Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany, 7 Jun 1936; note Ribbentrop in background center

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