1936 in History (Part 3)

Events in History

Events 201 - 218 of 218

• Dec 1 EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants
• Dec 5 Armenian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, Georgian SSR, Kazakh SSR & Kirghiz SSR becomes constituent republics of Soviet Union

• Dec 8 Anastasio Somoza García elected President of Nicaragua
• Dec 8 NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black & white teachers
• Dec 10 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry

• Dec 15 KVL-AM in Seattle Washington changes call letters to KEEN (now KING)
• Dec 18 Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in San Francisco
• Dec 22 1st common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa
• Dec 23 Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty
• Dec 24 1st radioactive isotope medicine administered in Berkeley, California
• Dec 25 Belgian bishops condemn fascism & communism
• Dec 25 Ron Hamence scores 104 for SA v Queensland before 4,865
• Dec 30 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant

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Birthdays in History

Birthdays 201 - 282 of 282

• 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, solicitor/president (Law Society)
• 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)

• Sep 27 Yuri Nikolayevich Stepanov, Russian cosmonaut
• Sep 28 Sherwood L Boehlert, (Rep-R-NY, 1983- )
• Sep 29 Michael Partridge, British civil servant
• Sep 29 Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy
• Sep 30 Butler Derrick, (Rep-D-SC, 1974- )
• Sep 30 James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1977- )
• Oct 1 Charles G Fullerton, astronaut (STS-3, 51F), born in Rochester, New York
• Oct 2 Johnnie Cochran, American attorney (O.J. Simpson defense attorney), born in Shreveport, Louisiana (d. 2005)
• Oct 2 Roger Sainsbury, Anglican Bishop of Barking
• Oct 4 Sally Mary Caroline Belfrage, writer

• Oct 6 Rob Touber [Robert J Noordervliet], cabaret director (Capers)
• Oct 7 Gennadi Mikhailovich Kolesnikov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Dauriya, Russia
• Oct 8 Rona Barrett, American gossip columnist (Tomorrow Show), born in NYC, New York
• Oct 10 Gerhard Ertl, German surface chemist (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007), born in Stuttgart, Germany
• Oct 13 Elizabeth Furse, American politician (first naturalized American born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress), born in Nairobi, Kenya
• Oct 13 John Menzies, Scottish publisher and multi-millionaire
• Oct 16 Andrei Chikatilo, Soviet-Russian serial killer who murdered at least 52 women and children between 1978 and 1990, born in Yabluchne, Ukraine, Soviet Union (d. 1994)
• Oct 16 Akira Machida, Japanese judge
• Oct 17 David Hobson, (Rep-R-Ohio)
• Oct 17 Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
• Oct 19 Johnetta Betsch Cole, educator/president (Spellman College)/(Sen-D-KY)

• Oct 19 Sylvia Browne, American author and self-proclaimed medium dubbed "America's most controversial psychic", born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2013)
• Oct 21 James H "Simon" Gray, English playwright (Butley)
• Oct 22 John Blashford-Snell, British Army officer (founded Operation Raleigh), born in Hereford, England
• Oct 22 Neville E Alexander, South african (10 years in Robbeneiland Jail)
• Oct 23 Philip Kaufman, director (Right Stuff, Henry & June)
• Oct 24 Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politician (VVD)
• Oct 25 Sir Martin Gilbert, British historian (Winston Churchill biography), born in London, England
• Oct 28 Horst Antes, German painter and sculptor, born in Heppenheim, Germany
• Oct 31 Sergei Nikolayevich Gaidukov, Russian cosmonaut, born in Zhuravka, Voronezh, Russia (d. 2008)
• Nov 2 Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice (1977-87), born in Tucson, Arizona (d. 1999)
• Nov 4 Didier Ratsiraka, President of Madagascar (1975-93), born in Vatomandry, French Madagascar
• Nov 4 Charles Kenneth "C K" Williams, American poet and translator (Pulitzer prize 2000), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 2015)
• Nov 5 Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
• Nov 5 William A. Christenberry, American photographer and artist, born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (d. 2016)
• Nov 6 K. Schippers [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author (Een klok en profil), born in Amsterdam
• Nov 6 Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut, born in Buguruslan, Orenburg Oblast (d. 1996)
• Nov 8 Edward George Gibson, American astronaut (Skylab 4), born in Buffalo, New York
• Nov 8 Claudio Bravo Camus, Chilean born painter, born in Valparaiso, Chile (d. 2011)
• Nov 9 Daniel Robert Graham, American politician, 38th Governor of Florida (1979-87), born in Coral Gables, Florida
• Nov 16 John Moore, Australian politician (Minister of Defence 1998-2001), born in Rockhampton, Queensland
• Nov 17 Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch politician (PvdA)
• Nov 17 Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
• Nov 19 Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
• Nov 19 Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• Nov 20 Don DeLillo, American author (Underworld), born in New York City
• Nov 21 Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
• Nov 23 Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
• Nov 26 Margaret Boden, English philosopher (Research Professor of Cognitive Science in the Department of Informatics at the University of Sussex), born in London
• Nov 28 Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
• Nov 29 Gerti Tetzner, German writer, born in Thuringia
• Nov 30 Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
• Nov 30 Michael Jinks, child care pioneer
• Dec 5 James Lee Burke, American writer (Dave Robicheaux series), born in Houston, Texas
• Dec 6 Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist (Kenneth Copeland Ministries), born in Lubbock, Texas
• Dec 7 Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician (56th Governor of Kentucky), born in Bagdad, Kentucky
• Dec 8 Brad Jurjens, Estonian director (The Bank Job), born in Viljandi, Estonia
• Dec 11 Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Paris
• Dec 11 Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician (Minister of Construction), born in Dalian, Kwantung Leased Territory, China
• Dec 13 Karim Aga Khan, Imam of Nizari-Ismaili Shia Islam, born in Geneva, Switzerland
• Dec 14 Robert Alan Ridley Parker, American PhD/astronaut (STS 9, STS 35), born in NYC, New York
• Dec 16 Morris Dees, founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
• Dec 17 Frank Martinus Arion [F Efraim M], Antilles, writer (Double Play)

• Dec 25 Alexandra HEOC, English princess/daughter of Sir Angus Ogilvy
• Dec 26 Kitty Dukakis, substance abuser/wife of Michael (Gov-Mass)
• Dec 28 Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
• Dec 28 Lawrence Schiller, American journalist

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