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Events on the year of 1936 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune
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02 Jan 1936 1st electron tube to enable night vision described, St. Louis, Missouri
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02 Jan 1936 Bradman scores 357 for South Africa vs. Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours
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04 Jan 1936 Billboard magazine publishes its 1st music hit parade
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04 Jan 1936 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs. South Africa
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07 Jan 1936 Tennis champs Helen Moody and Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)
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09 Jan 1936 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army
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11 Jan 1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
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14 Jan 1936 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America
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15 Jan 1936 The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
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15 Jan 1936 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants
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15 Jan 1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates
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15 Jan 1936 1st all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio
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16 Jan 1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Florida
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16 Jan 1936 Spanish socialists / communists / anarchists form Unidad Popular
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16 Jan 1936 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
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20 Jan 1936 Edward VIII becomes King of the United Kingdom.
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20 Jan 1936 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V
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22 Jan 1936 French Laval government falls
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23 Jan 1936 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Cura
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24 Jan 1936 Benny Goodman & orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records
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28 Jan 1936 Pravda criticizes Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth" opera
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29 Jan 1936 The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
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29 Jan 1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame-Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
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30 Jan 1936 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname
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30 Jan 1936 Fans asked to pick a new name for Boston Braves; they choose "The Bees" it doesn't catch on & is scrapped by 1940 season
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30 Jan 1936 Victoria need 442 to win against New South Wales, but lose, all out for 415
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31 Jan 1936 "Green Hornet" radio show is 1st heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit
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04 Feb 1936 1st radioactive substance produced synthetically (radium E)
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04 Feb 1936 Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
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05 Feb 1936 National Wildlife Federation forms
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06 Feb 1936 4th Winter Olympic games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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07 Feb 1936 A flag is authorized for Vice President
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07 Feb 1936 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer
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08 Feb 1936 1st NFL draft, Eagles select Heisman Trophy winner Jay Berwanger
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08 Feb 1936 1st ski jumping tournament, Red Wing, Minnesota
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08 Feb 1936 1st successful Toronto Maple Leaf penalty shot, Conacher vs. Rangers
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08 Feb 1936 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as Chairman of India Congress Party
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10 Feb 1936 Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
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11 Feb 1936 Pumping begins to build Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay
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14 Feb 1936 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago
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14 Feb 1936 US female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson
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14 Feb 1936 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
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15 Feb 1936 -60
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15 Feb 1936 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympics figure skating gold
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15 Feb 1936 Hitler announces building of Volkswagens (starting slug-bug game)
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16 Feb 1936 Elections bring the Popular Front to power in Spain.
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16 Feb 1936 4th Winter Olympics games close at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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16 Feb 1936 Spanish Frente Popular (People's Front) wins elections
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17 Feb 1936 "Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
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17 Feb 1936 "The Phantom" cartoon strip by Lee Falk debuts
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17 Feb 1936 -58
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17 Feb 1936 S[amuel] N[athaniel] Behrman's "End of Summer" premieres in New York NY
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18 Feb 1936 NHL record 32 points scored, New York Americans (28) and Mont Maroons (24)
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19 Feb 1936 Manuel Aza
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22 Feb 1936 Construction on Ypenburg Netherlands airport begins
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23 Feb 1936 1st rocket air mail flight, Greenwood Lake, New York
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26 Feb 1936 In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
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26 Feb 1936 Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche's "Volkswagen"
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26 Feb 1936 Military coup in Japan
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27 Feb 1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 meter free style (1:04.6)
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29 Feb 1936 February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
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29 Feb 1936 Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.
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29 Feb 1936 FDR signs 2nd neutrality act
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01 Mar 1936 A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
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01 Mar 1936 The Hoover Dam is completed.
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02 Mar 1936 Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, South Africa vs. Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
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03 Mar 1936 Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test vs. South Africa
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04 Mar 1936 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
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05 Mar 1936 First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
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06 Mar 1936 Belgium ends Locarno-pact
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07 Mar 1936 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
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07 Mar 1936 Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
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08 Mar 1936 Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
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09 Mar 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
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14 Mar 1936 The first all-sound film version of Show Boat opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of Show Boat in 1929.)
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14 Mar 1936 Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue
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16 Mar 1936 Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers and lead to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
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23 Mar 1936 Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
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24 Mar 1936 Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 minutes and 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
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24 Mar 1936 Red Wings beat Montr
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25 Mar 1936 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
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25 Mar 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s)
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25 Mar 1936 Detroit Red Wings beat Montr
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26 Mar 1936 1st parliamentary debate on New Zealand radio
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26 Mar 1936 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech
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26 Mar 1936 Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
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27 Mar 1936 WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
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29 Mar 1936 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
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29 Mar 1936 In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
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29 Mar 1936 Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
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01 Apr 1936 Orissa constituted a province of British India
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01 Apr 1936 Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
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03 Apr 1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch,: 07 of 1st round
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03 Apr 1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
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03 Apr 1936 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
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05 Apr 1936 Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die
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05 Apr 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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06 Apr 1936 3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith wins, shooting a 285
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06 Apr 1936 ANP begins telex service in Amsterdam
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06 Apr 1936 Tornado, kills 203 and injuring 1,800 in Gainesville Georgia
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06 Apr 1936 Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
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10 Apr 1936 200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena
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11 Apr 1936 Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes", premieres in NYC
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11 Apr 1936 Stanley Cup Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
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13 Apr 1936 Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece
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15 Apr 1936 Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
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15 Apr 1936 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
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18 Apr 1936 The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
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18 Apr 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco CA to Honolulu HI
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19 Apr 1936 Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine
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20 Apr 1936 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of Rhode Island in 2:33:40.8
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20 Apr 1936 Jews repel an Arab attack in Petach Tikvah Palestine
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23 Apr 1936 Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win
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26 Apr 1936 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony
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27 Apr 1936 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
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29 Apr 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5
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01 May 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades
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02 May 1936 "Peter & Wolf" premieres in Moscow
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02 May 1936 62nd Kentucky Derby: Ira Hanford aboard Bold Venture wins in 2:03.6
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02 May 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia
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03 May 1936 New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio makes his major-league debut, gets 3 hits
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04 May 1936 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)
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05 May 1936 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip
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05 May 1936 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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08 May 1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track
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09 May 1936 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire
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09 May 1936 Italy takes Addis Abba, annexing Absynnia (Ethiopia)
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09 May 1936 Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
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10 May 1936 Manuel Aza
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10 May 1936 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt
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12 May 1936 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss" premieres in London
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13 May 1936 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain
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15 May 1936 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours
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16 May 1936 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France
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16 May 1936 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59
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21 May 1936 Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
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24 May 1936 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party
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24 May 1936 Tony Lazerri 2 grand slams (11 RBIs); Ben Chapman sets record by reaching 1st 7 times safely, Yankees beat A's 25-2
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25 May 1936 The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
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26 May 1936 In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
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26 May 1936 1st Government of Zealand in Belgium ends
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27 May 1936 RMS Queen Mary leaves Southampton for New York on maiden voyage
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28 May 1936 Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication.
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28 May 1936 Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting.
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01 Jun 1936 "Lux Radio Theater" moved from NYC to Hollywood
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01 Jun 1936 Queen Mary completes its maiden voyage, arriving in New York
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02 Jun 1936 Gen Anastasio Somoza takes over as Dictator of Nicaragua
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06 Jun 1936 40th US Golf Open: Tony Manero shoots a 282 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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06 Jun 1936 68th Belmont: James Stout aboard Granville wins in 2:30
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06 Jun 1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey
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07 Jun 1936 Yanks beat Indians 5-4 in 16; longest game without a strikeout
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07 Jun 1936 The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
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08 Jun 1936 1st parking meters are invented
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09 Jun 1936 Olin Dutra beats Gene Sarazen by 1 stroke for US Open
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09 Jun 1936 Page Miss Glory (1936), premieres in USA
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10 Jun 1936 The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
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11 Jun 1936 The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
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11 Jun 1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia
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12 Jun 1936 1st 50 KW US radio station (Pittsburgh Pa)
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12 Jun 1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1394 Algoa
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13 Jun 1936 2nd Belgian government of Van Zealand forms
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14 Jun 1936 Oranienburg Concentration Camp opens
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14 Jun 1936 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1490 Limpopo
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15 Jun 1936 First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
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16 Jun 1936 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina opens the Waal bridge
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16 Jun 1936 Pope Pius XI receives Anton Mussert (Dutch Nazi collaborator)
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18 Jun 1936 1st bicycle traffic court in America established, Racine, Wisconsin
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18 Jun 1936 Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power
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19 Jun 1936 Dutch Premier Colijn denies relation with German call-girl
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19 Jun 1936 German boxer Max Schmeling World Champion KOs Joe Louis
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19 Jun 1936 Joe McCarthy is named to manage AL All-Stars, rather than high-strung Mickey Cochrane, who is very close to a nervous breakdown
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20 Jun 1936 Jesse Owens of the US sets 100 meter record at 10.2
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22 Jun 1936 Harry Froboess dives 110 m from airship into Bodensee & survives
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22 Jun 1936 Virgin Islands receives a constution from US (Organic Act)
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24 Jun 1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named Director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Administration
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24 Jun 1936 Joe DiMaggio becomes 5th to hit 2 HRs in 1 inn, Yanks beat Browns 18-4
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26 Jun 1936 1st flight of Fw61 helicopter
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26 Jun 1936 Everett Marshall beats Ali Baba in Columbus, to become wrestling champ
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26 Jun 1936 Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
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26 Jun 1936 L Boyer discovers asteroid #2021 Poincare
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28 Jun 1936 The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
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29 Jun 1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"
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29 Jun 1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
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30 Jun 1936 "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published
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30 Jun 1936 Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
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30 Jun 1936 Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
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30 Jun 1936 40 hour work week law approved (federal)
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01 Jul 1936 AVRO radio broadcast studios in Hilversum opens
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01 Jul 1936 Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam
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04 Jul 1936 49th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Hull Jacobs beats H Sperling (62 46 75)
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04 Jul 1936 League of Nations starts sanctions against Italy
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06 Jul 1936 A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
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07 Jul 1936 4th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Braves Field, Boston
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10 Jul 1936 109
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10 Jul 1936 111
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10 Jul 1936 New Straits Convention allows Turkish rearmament of Dardanelles
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10 Jul 1936 Phillies Chuck Klein becomes 4th to hit 4 HRs in a game
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11 Jul 1936 The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
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11 Jul 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx & Queens opens
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13 Jul 1936 112
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13 Jul 1936 114
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14 Jul 1936 116
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15 Jul 1936 Dutch 2nd Chamber agree to temporarily increase defense budget
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16 Jul 1936 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York
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16 Jul 1936 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1395 Aribeda & #1402 Eri
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16 Jul 1936 NY Giants are 10
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17 Jul 1936 Carl Hubbell begins winning streak, beating Pittsburgh 6-0
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17 Jul 1936 Military uprising under General Franco / begins Spanish civil war
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17 Jul 1936 Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
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18 Jul 1936 An army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War.
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18 Jul 1936 Spanish Civil War begans, Gen Francisco Franco led uprising
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19 Jul 1936 Spanish Premier Casares Quiroga succeeded by Jose Giral
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20 Jul 1936 The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
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22 Jul 1936 Phillies John Moore hits 3 consecutive HRs
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23 Jul 1936 Anthony M Kennedy, Sacramento CA, Supreme Court Justice
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23 Jul 1936 In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
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24 Jul 1936 Gen Mola and Cabanellas form Spanish anti-Government
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24 Jul 1936 118
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24 Jul 1936 121
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25 Jul 1936 115 acre Orchard Beach opens in the Bronx
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25 Jul 1936 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #3761
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26 Jul 1936 The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
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26 Jul 1936 King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
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29 Jul 1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
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29 Jul 1936 RCA shows the 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives,
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31 Jul 1936 Tokyo Japan is awarded the 1940 Olympics (later cancelled)
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01 Aug 1936 Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
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01 Aug 1936 Benjamin E Mays named President of Morehouse College
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03 Aug 1936 Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
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03 Aug 1936 A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
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04 Aug 1936 Ioannis Metaxas names himself Dictator of Greece
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04 Aug 1936 Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
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05 Aug 1936 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
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06 Aug 1936 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson and Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
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09 Aug 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
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09 Aug 1936 Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
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12 Aug 1936 Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
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12 Aug 1936 120
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12 Aug 1936 Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
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14 Aug 1936 Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
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14 Aug 1936 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
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16 Aug 1936 11th Olympic games close in Berlin
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18 Aug 1936 106.5
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19 Aug 1936 Trial against Ljev Kamenev and Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow
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21 Aug 1936 Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him
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24 Aug 1936 FDR gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists
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24 Aug 1936 Australian Antarctic Territory created
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25 Aug 1936 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each
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31 Aug 1936 Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
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01 Sep 1936 Middleweight Staff Roth KOs Heinz Lazek
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02 Sep 1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
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03 Sep 1936 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)
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04 Sep 1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain
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04 Sep 1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish Premier
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05 Sep 1936 Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees
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07 Sep 1936 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation
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07 Sep 1936 The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
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08 Sep 1936 Princess Juliana and German Prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged
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09 Sep 1936 Yankees sweep Indians, New York clinches pennant on earliest date in history
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09 Sep 1936 The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutinied against Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
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10 Sep 1936 First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
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11 Sep 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game
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11 Sep 1936 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam
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12 Sep 1936 50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62)
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12 Sep 1936 56th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats J Donald Budge (26 62 86 16 108)
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13 Sep 1936 Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's)
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21 Sep 1936 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo / Supreme Commander
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23 Sep 1936 Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive wins
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23 Sep 1936 First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
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25 Sep 1936 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
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27 Sep 1936 1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game
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27 Sep 1936 Franco troops conquer Toledo
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27 Sep 1936 Netherlands leave Gold Standard / devaluate guilder
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28 Sep 1936 Brooklyn & Boston play a penalty free NFL game
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29 Sep 1936 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
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30 Sep 1936 International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles & Bosphorus) ends
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30 Sep 1936 Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire England
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01 Oct 1936 Generalissimo Francisco Franco establishes state of Spain
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01 Oct 1936 Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
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02 Oct 1936 1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas
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02 Oct 1936 New York Yankees score World Series record 18 runs, beating Giants 18-4
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02 Oct 1936 Tony Lazzeri becomes 1st Yank to hit a World Series grand slam
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03 Oct 1936 Yanks set new attendance record of 64,842 in 3rd game of World Series
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04 Oct 1936 Italian lire devalued
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04 Oct 1936 Record 66,669 at Yankee Stadium for 4th game of World Series
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04 Oct 1936 In the East End of London, marches staged by British fascists and various anti-fascist organizations result in violent clashes between them in what becomes known as the Battle of Cable Street.
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05 Oct 1936 The Jarrow March sets off for London.
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07 Oct 1936 7th-place Brooklyn Dodgers fire manager Casey Stengel
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09 Oct 1936 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA
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09 Oct 1936 Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
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11 Oct 1936 "Professor Quiz, " 1st radio quiz show premieres
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13 Oct 1936 Explosion caused by leaking gas rips out section 12 of Cleveland Stadium
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16 Oct 1936 Lou Gehrig, is voted AL MVP by BBWAA
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19 Oct 1936 HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18
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20 Oct 1936 Carl Hubbell, 26-6, edges out Dizzy Dean, 24-13, for MVP honors in NL
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20 Oct 1936 Spanish government moves to Barcelona
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22 Oct 1936 1st commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii
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26 Oct 1936 The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
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27 Oct 1936 Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
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28 Oct 1936 FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary
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01 Nov 1936 Mussolini describes alliance between Italy and Germany as an "axis"
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02 Nov 1936 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
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02 Nov 1936 The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
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02 Nov 1936 Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis powers.
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02 Nov 1936 The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
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03 Nov 1936 President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
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06 Nov 1936 RCA displays TV for press
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06 Nov 1936 Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears, " premieres in London
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07 Nov 1936 Battle of Madrid begins
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09 Nov 1936 Albanian government of Frasheri falls
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12 Nov 1936 St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt
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12 Nov 1936 1st TV Gardening show
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12 Nov 1936 Oakland Bay Bridge opens
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14 Nov 1936 Bradman scores 192 for South Africa vs. Victoria before a MCG crowd of 21000
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15 Nov 1936 Nazi-Germany and Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
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16 Nov 1936 German air force begins bombing of Madrid
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17 Nov 1936 Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
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18 Nov 1936 Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
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18 Nov 1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
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22 Nov 1936 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst Country Club - Pinehurst, North Carolina
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23 Nov 1936 Life magazine hit newsstands
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23 Nov 1936 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
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24 Nov 1936 Pacifist / anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
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25 Nov 1936 Germany and Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
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30 Nov 1936 In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
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30 Nov 1936 London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire
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01 Dec 1936 2nd Heisman Trophy Award: Larry Kelley, Yale (E)
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01 Dec 1936 Bell Labs tests coaxial cable for TV use
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01 Dec 1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
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05 Dec 1936 24th CFL Grey Cup: Sarnia Imperials defeats Ottawa Rough Riders, 26-20
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05 Dec 1936 Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR and Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent Republics of Soviet Union
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05 Dec 1936 The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
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07 Dec 1936 Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
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08 Dec 1936 Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua
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08 Dec 1936 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers
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09 Dec 1936 AL OKs night baseball for St. Louis
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09 Dec 1936 Australia all out 58 vs. Eng Bradman out for a duck
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10 Dec 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
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10 Dec 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
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10 Dec 1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson
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10 Dec 1936 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry
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11 Dec 1936 King Edward VIII marries Mrs Wallis Simpson; abdicates throne Duke of York becomes King George VI
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11 Dec 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
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11 Dec 1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson; Duke of York becomes King George VI
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12 Dec 1936 Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.
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12 Dec 1936 Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declares war on Japan
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13 Dec 1936 Final Boston Redskin NFL game, lose to Packers 21-6, move to Washington DC
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13 Dec 1936 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
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15 Dec 1936 KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
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16 Dec 1936 John Monk & Fred Finklehoff's "Brother Rat" premieres in New York NY
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17 Dec 1936 Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and dummy Charlie McCarthy, appear on TV
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17 Dec 1936 Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen & dummy Charlie McCarthy, make their radio debut on Rudy Vallee
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18 Dec 1936 1st giant panda imported into US
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18 Dec 1936 Queensland cricket all out for 49 vs Victoria, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17
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18 Dec 1936 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in San Francisco
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21 Dec 1936 First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
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21 Dec 1936 Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80
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22 Dec 1936 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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23 Dec 1936 Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
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24 Dec 1936 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered, Berkeley, California
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25 Dec 1936 Belgian bishops condemn fascism & communism
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25 Dec 1936 Ron Hamence scores 104 for South Africa vs Queensland before 4,865
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26 Dec 1936 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra forms
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30 Dec 1936 The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
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30 Dec 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant
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