The main focus of the fraternal order is “to relieve the brethren, bury the dead, and care for the widow and the orphan.” This focus has been broadened through the years to include the principles of friendship, love and truth. 

The Odd Fellows maintain homes for the aged, the poor, widows and orphans and provide members with financial aid in sickness or death. U.S. national headquarters are located in Baltimore, MD and the membership of the order is more than 1.5 million. 

On this day in 1933 legendary funny lady Carol Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas. The host of the 'Carol Burnett Show' from 1966 to 1977, she established herself as one of America's preeminent comediennes with characters, including Mrs. Wiggins, a disgruntled office worker. The program and Burnett were awarded various Emmys throughout the years. 
 1933 - Carol Burnett
Emmy Award-winning comedienne, actress: Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall [1962-1963], Carol & Company [1962-1963], Mad About You [1996-1997]; The Carol Burnett Show, Carol Burnett and Friends, The Garry Moore Show, geboren

Legion Condor zerstört Guernica
Die deutsche Legion Condor zerstört am 26. April 1937 in einem dreistündigen Bombenangriff die unverteidigte baskische Stadt Guernica fast vollständig. 1645 Menschen, v. a. Zivilisten, sterben. Der Einsatz der Legion im spanischen Bürgerkrieg trägt entscheidend zum Sieg des rechtsgerichteten Generals Francisco Franco Bahamonde gegen die Republikaner bei. 
1937 - Die deutsche «Legion Condor» zerstört im spanischen Bürgerkrieg mit einem Bombenangriff die baskische Stadt Guernica
 

1937 - This was a tragic day in history as German planes attacked the town of Guernica in Northern Spain. Without warning, the planes swooped down on the sleepy village, subjecting the citizens to three hours of continuous bombing. The village was left in flames; those who survived the bombs and tried to escape to surrounding fields were shot down by machine-gun fire from the air. 

1937 - The publisher of LIFE magazine just about passed out when he looked at his just-off-the-press publication and noticed that someone had forgotten to put the word “LIFE” in the upper left-hand corner! It was the only time that LIFE was nameless. Since hundreds of thousands of copies were already printed, the magazine hit the streets with no name on the cover! The reason? A picture of a rooster would have had an obscured comb if the logotype had been used in the upper left-hand corner as usual. 

1937 - The initial broadcast of Lorenzo Jones was heard over NBC radio this day. Karl Swenson played the lead role for the entire run of the serial. And quite a run it was. Lorenzo Jones was on the air until 1955. 

 1938 - Nino Benvenuti
International Boxing Hall of Famer: European Junior Middleweight title [1957, 1959], Olympic boxing gold medal [Rome, 1960], Junior Middleweight Champ [1965-1966], Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year [1968]; Middleweight Champ [1967-1970]; retired in 1971, total bouts: 90: won 82, lost 7, tied 1, knockouts 35, geboren

 1938 - Maurice Williams
singer, songwriter: group: Zodiacs: Stay, geboren

 1938 - Duane Eddy
guitarist: Rebel-’rouser, Forty Miles of Bad Road, Because They’re Young, Theme from Peter Gunn; actor: Because They’re Young, A Thunder of Drums, The Wild Westerners, The Savage Seven, Kona Coast, geboren