September 1936 in History

Events in History

Sep 2 1st transatlantic "ping-pong'' round-trip air flight from NY to England an back begins, piloted by Dick Merrill with Harry Richman

Victory in Battle

Sep 4 Franco's troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina, Spain

Spanish Dictator and General Francisco Franco

Sep 4 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
Sep 4 British-Kenyan aviator Beryl Markham takes off from Abingdon in England on a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean; crash-lands at Baleine Cove on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, becoming the 1st woman to make the east-west trip [1]

Historic Event

Sep 7 Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam), on the Colorado River, between Nevada and Arizona. begins operation

Sep 7 The last surviving member of the marsupial thylacine species, Benjamin, dies alone in his/her cage at the Hobart Zoo (Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)
Sep 8 Princess Juliana of The Netherlands & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld become engaged

Murder of Interest

Sep 13 Acting on the orders of Louis Buchalter, Murder Inc. killers gun down Joseph Rosen, a Brooklyn candy store owner

Sep 14 1st prefrontal lobotomy in America performed by Walter Freeman and James W. Watts at George Washington University Hospital in Washington D.C.
Sep 21 Spanish fascist junta names Francisco Franco to Generalissimo and Supreme Commander
Sep 25 Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double
Sep 27 Franco troops conquer Toledo
Sep 27 Netherlands leave Gold Standard/devaluate guilder
Sep 29 Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign
Sep 30 International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles & Bosphorus) ends
Sep 30 Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire England

Birthdays in History

Sep 2 Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of US Senator from Massachusetts, Ted

Andrew Grove

Sep 2 Andrew Grove [András Gróf], Hungarian-American pioneer in the semiconductor industry, one of the founders and CEO of Intel, and philanthropist, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 2016)1958-06-08

Sep 3 John Olver, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts), born in Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Sep 3 Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (1987-2011), born in Hammam Sousse, French Tunisia (d. 2019)
Sep 5 Alcee Hastings, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida), born in Altamonte Springs, Florida
Sep 5 John C. Danforth, American politician (Sen-R-Missouri, 1976-95), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Sep 5 Jonathan Kozol, American writer and sociologist, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Sep 7 Apostolos Kaklamanis, Greek politician, born in Lefkada, Greece
Sep 13 Stefano Delle Chiaie, Italian neo-fascist activist, born in Caserta, Italy
Sep 14 Terence Donovan, English fashion photographer, film and video director, born in Stepney, London (d. 1996)
Sep 14 Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist (Nobel 1998), born in Whiting, Indiana
Sep 14 Harry Danielsen, Norwegian educator and politician, born in Rødøy, Norway (d. 2011)
Sep 16 Frits Niessen, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Sep 17 Jennifer Dickson, South African-British artist and photographer, born in Piet Retief, South Africa
Sep 17 Mischa de Vreede, Dutch poetess (Our Eternal Hunger), born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Sep 17 Richard Gaskell, British solicitor (President of the Law Society) (d. 2015)
Sep 21 Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician (2nd Mayor of Moscow, 1992-2010), born in Moscow
Sep 22 Bill Orton, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Utah), born in North Ogden, Utah (d. 2009)
Sep 23 Valentín Paniagua, Peruvian politician
Sep 25 Edward Jones, British Army officer (UK Military Representative to NATO in Brussels), born in Altrincham, Cheshire, England
Sep 25 Moussa Traoré, Mali soldier, politician and dictator, President of Mali (1968-91), born in Kayes, French Sudan (d. 2020)

Winnie Mandela

Sep 26 Winnie Mandela [Winnie Madikizela-Mandela], South African anti-apartheid activist and ANC politician, born in Bizana, Pondoland, South Africa (d. 2018)

Sep 27 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
Sep 28 Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983- )
Sep 29 Silvio Berlusconi, Italian media tycoon and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (1994-5, 2001-6, 2008-11), born in Milan, Italy
Sep 30 Butler Derrick, (Rep-D-SC, 1974- )
Sep 30 James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1977- )