Important Events
- Mar 4 1st flight of the airship Hindenburg at Friedrichshafen, Germany
- Mar 7 Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles by sending troops to the Rhineland
- May 28 Alan Turing submits "On Computable Numbers" for publication, in which he set out the theoretical basis for modern computers.
- Jul 17 Spanish generals Francisco Franco and Emilio Mola lead a right-wing uprising, starting the Spanish Civil War
- Jul 18 Spanish Civil War : General Francisco Franco issues manifesto and leads an uprising in the Spanish army stationed in Morocco
- Sep 21 Spanish fascist junta names Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander
- Dec 10 Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson
- Dec 11 Edward VIII announces in a radio broadcast that he is abdicating the British throne to marry Wallis Simpson
- Dec 24 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered in Berkeley, California
1936 in Film & TV
- Jan 16 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president
- Feb 5 "Modern Times", silent film directed by, written by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released
- Jul 7 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
- Sep 4 "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, is released
1936 in Music
1936 in Sport
- Jan 29 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame: Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson & Walter Johnson
- Feb 8 1936 NFL Draft (first ever): Jay Berwanger from University of Chicago first pick by Philadelphia Eagles
- Mar 8 The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Aug 1 Adolf Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
Did You Know?
The world's first superhero, The Phantom, a cartoon strip by Lee Falk, makes his first appearance in comics.
On February 17, 1936
Buddy Holly
Jim Brown
John Madden
Mary Tyler Moore
Roy Emerson
Wilt ChamberlainWorld Leaders in 1936
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Nazi Germany- Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd US President - Joseph Stalin
Soviet General Secretary
Adolf Hitler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Joseph StalinFamous People in 1936
- Luise Rainer
Oscar for Best Actress - Paul Muni
Oscar for Best Actor - Wallis Simpson
Time Person
of the Year
Luise Rainer
Paul Muni
Wallis SimpsonWould You Believe?
The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in her cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
On September 7, 1936
Famous Weddings
- Jan 1 Actor Paul Henreid (27) weds Elizabeth Camilla Julia Gluck
- Jan 10 Actor Burgess Meredith (28) weds actress Margaret Perry (22)
- Feb 2 Physicist Emilio G. Segrè (31) weds jewish woman Elfriede Spiro at the Great Synagogue of Rome in Italy
Famous Divorces
- Jan 10 Actress Mary Pickford (44) divorces actor Douglas Fairbanks (52) after 15 years of marriage
- Mar 2 Film director D. W. Griffith (61) divorces Linda Arvidson (50) after 30 years of marriage
Famous Deaths
- David Beatty
(1871 - 1936) - George V
(1865 - 1936) - Ivan Pavlov
(1849 - 1936) - John Heisman
(1869 - 1936) - Maxim Gorky
(1868 - 1936) - Rudyard Kipling
(1865 - 1936)
David Beatty
George V
Ivan Pavlov
John Heisman
Maxim Gorky
Rudyard KiplingArticles on Events in 1936
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America's Last Public Hanging
The last man to be publicly hanged in the United States met his fate on this day in history. It was a squalid affair watched by about 10,000 people.
August 14, 1936![A Kiss For Adolf Hitler]()
A Kiss For Adolf Hitler
A woman spectator leaned over and kissed Adolf Hitler at the Berlin Olympic Games on this day. Hitler pretended to be amused, but his guards were to suffer.
August 15, 1936
