Famous Birthdays
- Jerry Fogel, actor (Jerry-Mothers-in-Law, White Shadow), born in Rochester, New York
Famous Deaths
- Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885)
What Happened in 1936
On Computable Numbers
On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem, by Alan Turing
May 28, 1936America'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, 1936A 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, 1936King Abdicates for Love of Wallis Simpson
On this day King Edward VIII gave up his throne so that he could marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson. It was the first time a British king had abdicated.
December 10, 1936
