Events

Poor mother and children, Oklahoma, 1936 by Dorothea Lange

January–February

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

– George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King

Edward VIII Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 19 ...

. * January 28 – Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...

– Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...

– The IV Olympic Winter Games open in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the O ...

, Germany. * February 10– 19 – Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire. * February 16 –

1936 Spanish general election Legislative elections were held in Spain on 16 February 1936. At stake were all 473 seats in the unicameral Cortes Generales. The winners of the 1936 elections were the Popular Front, a left-wing coalition of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ...

: The left-wing Popular Front coalition takes a majority. *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

– February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ''Niniroku Jiken''): The

Imperial Way Faction The ''Kōdōha'' or was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and 1930s. The ''Kōdōha'' sought to establish a military government that promoted totalitarian, militaristic and aggressive expansionistic ideals, ...

engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.

March–April

* March 1 – Construction of

Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on Se ...

is completed in the United States. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...

– In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and

Locarno Treaties The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, during 5 to 16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central an ...

, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. Hitler and other Nazis later admit that the French army alone could have destroyed the Wehrmacht. * March 9 – Pro-democratic militarist Keisuke Okada steps down as Prime Minister of Japan, and is replaced by radical militarist Kōki Hirota. * March 15 – Austrian ski jumper

Josef Bradl Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl (8 January 1918 – 3 March 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria. Career on 15 March 1936, he became the first man in history to stan ...

set the world record at 101.5 metres (333 ft) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica and became the first man in history, to stand jump over one hundred metres. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...

– A tornado hits

Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo () is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. With an estimated population of 38,300, Tupelo is the sixth-largest city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of North M ...

, killing 216 people and injuring over 700 (the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history). * April 15 – The Tulkarm shooting begins the

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, later known as The Great Revolt (''al-Thawra al- Kubra'') or The Great Palestinian Revolt (''Thawrat Filastin al-Kubra''), was a popular nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine a ...

against the British government, and opposition to Jewish immigration.

May–June

* May 5 – ''

March of the Iron Will The March of the Iron Will () was an Propaganda of Fascist Italy, Italian Fascist propaganda event staged from 26 April to 5 May 1936, during the final days of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Its goal was to capture the Ethiopian ca ...

'': Italian forces occupy Addis Ababa unopposed. * May 7 – Italy annexes Ethiopia. * May 9 – Italian East Africa is formed from the Italian territories of

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Ethiopia, and Italian Somaliland. * May 12 – The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman '' Super Chief'' passenger train, between Chicago and Los Angeles. * May 25 – The

Remington Rand strike of 1936–37 Remington may refer to: Organizations * Remington Arms, American firearms manufacturer * Remington Rand, American computer manufacturer * Remington Products, American manufacturer of shavers and haircare products * Remington College, American ...

begins, spawning the notorious '' Mohawk Valley formula'', a corporate plan for

strikebreaking A strikebreaker (sometimes called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite a strike. Strikebreakers are usually individuals who were not employed by the company before the trade union dispute but hired after or during the str ...

. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 * 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– British luxury liner leaves Southampton on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. * June 15 – An army ammunition depot explosion kills 63 people in Männiku, Estonia. * June 19 –

Max Schmeling Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxing, boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cul ...

knocks out

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He rei ...

in the 12th round of their

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

boxing match, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. * June 19 –

Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-lived ...

resigns as Prime Minister of Sweden, over the issue of defence policy. He is replaced by the leader of the Farmer's League (''Bondeförbundet'') Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, who also becomes Minister of Agriculture. * June 19 – The total

solar eclipse of June 19, 1936 left, Astronomers in Turkey observing the 1936 eclipse A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node on June 19, 1936 (June 18, 1936 east of the International Date Line). A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth a ...

is visible in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Japan. It is part of

Solar Saros 126 Saros cycle The saros () is a period of exactly 223 synodic months, approximately 6585.3211 days, or 18 years, 10, 11, or 12 days (depending on the number of leap years), and 8 hours, that can be used to predict eclipses of the Sun and Moon. ...

;

Gamma Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter re ...

is a value of 0.53889. * June 26 – Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first fully controllable helicopter, makes its maiden flight.

July–August

* July 4 – First publication recognizing stress as a biological condition. * July 17 – The Spanish Army of Africa launches a ''coup d'état'' against the Second Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War. * July 20 – The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is signed in Montreux, allowing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and the

Bosphorus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

, but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. * August 1 – The

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of an international sports event in world history ( John Logie Baird had previously broadcast the Derby horse race in Britain in 1931). * August 3 –

: African-American athlete Jesse Owens wins the 100-meter dash. * August 4 – A self-coup is staged by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, marking the beginning of the authoritarian

4th of August Regime The 4th of August Regime ( el, Καθεστώς της 4ης Αυγούστου, Kathestós tis tetártis Avgoústou), commonly also known as the Metaxas regime (, ''Kathestós Metaxá''), was a totalitarian regime under the leadership of Gener ...

, which will rule Greece until the Axis occupation of Greece in

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar Eu ...

. * August 26 – The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.

September–October

* September 4– 5 – English-born aviator

Beryl Markham Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush flying, bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop acros ...

becomes the first woman to make an east-to-west solo transatlantic flight, from Abingdon-on-Thames, England, to Baleine, Nova Scotia. * September 5 – Spanish Civil War: Robert Capa's photograph ''

The Falling Soldier ''The Falling Soldier'' (full title: ''Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936'') is a black and white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936. It was said to depic ...

'' is taken. * September 7 – The last known thylacine ("Tasmanian tiger"), named Benjamin, dies in Hobart Zoo in Tasmania. * September 9 **

1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal) The 1936 Naval Revolt ( pt, Revolta dos Marinheiros de 1936 lit. 1936 Sailors' Revolt) or Tagus boats mutiny (''Motim dos Barcos do Tejo'') was a mutiny in Portugal that occurred on 8 September 1936 aboard the aviso and destroyer . It was organi ...

: The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP ''Afonso de Albuquerque'' and destroyer ''Dão'' mutiny while anchored in Lisbon Harbour. Opposed to the

Salazar dictatorship The ''Estado Novo'' (, lit. "New State") was the corporatist Portuguese state installed in 1933. It evolved from the ''Ditadura Nacional'' ("National Dictatorship") formed after the ''coup d'état'' of 28 May 1926 against the democratic but ...

's support of General Franco's coup in Spain, they declare their solidarity with the Second Spanish Republic. **The

Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence The Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence, also known as the Viénot Accords, was a treaty negotiated between France and Syria to provide for Syrian independence from French authority. History In 1934, France attempted to impose a treaty of indep ...

is signed. * September 10 – The first

World Speedway Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official champion ...

is held at Wembley Stadium in London, England. It is won by Australian Lionel Van Praag, with Englishman Eric Langton second and Australian Bluey Wilkinson third. * September 13, in response to a polio outbreak, Chicago Public Schools launches a distance education program which constitutes the first large-scale use of radio broadcasts to facilitate distance education *

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytus ...

– After the election to the Swedish Riksdag's second chamber, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp and his "Holiday Cabinet" ("''Semesterregeringen''") resign (though he remains as Minister of Agriculture) and

returns as Prime Minister, staying in office until his death from a heart attack in

1946 Events January * January 6 - The 1946 North Vietnamese parliamentary election, first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into f ...

. * October ** Joseph Stalin's Great Purge begins in the Soviet Union. ** The

Mästermyr chest The Mästermyr chest is a Viking Age (793–1066) tool chest found in the Mästermyr mire west of Hemse on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It is the largest tool find from that era in Europe. History During the Viking Age the area where Mästerm ...

is discovered in the

Mästermyr Mästermyr is a, now mostly drained, mire west of Hemse on the island of Gotland, Sweden. The Mästermyr chest was found here in 1936. Geography The area of the mire was originally , of which consisted of small lakes. It was a significant ha ...

mire (after which it is later named), west of

Hemse Hemse is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 1,700 inhabitants in 2014. It is the second largest locality (after Visby) on the island. Hemse is the main center of population in the southern part of the island, and it is kno ...

, on the island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to the ...

, Sweden. * October 19 – H.R. Ekins, reporter for the '' New York World-Telegram'', wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating

Dorothy Kilgallen Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career shortly before her 18th birth ...

of the ''

New York Journal :''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal'' The ''New York Journal-American'' was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 t ...

'' and Leo Kieran of '' The New York Times''. The flight takes 18 days. *

October 25 Events Pre-1600 * 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II a ...

– The

Rome-Berlin Axis The Axis powers, ; it, Potenze dell'Asse ; ja, 枢軸国 ''Sūjikukoku'', group=nb originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Its principal members were Na ...

is formed.

November–December

* November 2 ** The BBC launches the world's first regular television service in high-definition (according to contemporary standards). ** The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) begins radio in Canada. * November 3 –

1936 United States presidential election The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Gover ...

: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term, in a landslide victory over Kansas Governor Alf Landon; farmers support Roosevelt. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– American fashion designer

Ruth Harkness Ruth Elizabeth Harkness (21 September 1900 - 20 July 1947) was an American fashion designer and socialite who traveled to China in 1936 and brought out the first live giant panda to the United States - not in a cage or on a leash, but wrapped in h ...

encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan, China; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States. *

November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * 13 ...

– In California, the

San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 in California, Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland ...

opens to traffic. *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

– A levee failure and continued massive rain at the

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

Osarizawa mine,

Kazuno is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 30.715, and a population density of 43 persons per km² in 12.970 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Kazuno is located in a valley in t ...

, northeastern Akita, Japan, results in at least 375 deaths. * November 23 –

Cover date The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing. More unusu ...

of the first issue of '' Life'', a weekly news magazine launched in the United States under the management of

Henry Luce Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded ''Time'', ''Life'', ''Fortune'', and ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the America ...

. * November 25 – The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan. *

November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 * 1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...

– A spectacular fire destroys The Crystal Palace in London, originally built for the 1851

Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary The Crystal Palace, structure in which it was held), was an International Exhib ...

. * December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City. * December 5 – The

1936 Soviet Constitution Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King ...

, promulgated by Stalin, is adopted in the Soviet Union. The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic is dissolved, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia become full

Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics ( rus, Сою́зные Респу́блики, r=Soyúznye Respúbliki) were National delimitation in the Soviet Union, national-based administrative units of ...

. * December 7 – Streptococcous

meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, headache, and neck stiffness. Other symptoms include confusion or ...

(a condition previously 99% fatal) is successfully treated for the first time with a

sulfonamide In organic chemistry, the sulfonamide functional group (also spelled sulphonamide) is an organosulfur group with the structure . It consists of a sulfonyl group () connected to an amine group (). Relatively speaking this group is unreactive. ...

. * December 10 – Edward VIII abdication crisis: King

of the United Kingdom signs an instrument of abdication at Fort Belvedere, Surrey in the presence of his three brothers,

The Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was D ...

, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent. * December 11 ** Edward VIII abdication crisis: The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 on behalf of the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The King performs his last act as sovereign by giving Royal Assent to the Act, and his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York, becomes King, reigning as

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of Ind ...

. The abdicated King, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate, and leaves the country for Austria. ** Taking the opportunity to free itself further from ties to the United Kingdom, the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State passes the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936, removing most powers from the office of

Governor-General of the Irish Free State The Governor-General of the Irish Free State ( ga, Seanascal Shaorstát Éireann) was the official representative of the sovereign of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. By convention, the office was largely ceremonial. Nonetheless, it wa ...

, and the

Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 (No. 58 of 1936) was an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). The Act, which was signed into law on 12 December 1936, was one of two passed hurriedly in the aftermath of the Edward VIII ab ...

(signed into law December 12), assenting to the abdication and restricting the power of the monarch in relation to Ireland to international affairs. * December 12 – Xi'an Incident: Generalissimo

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

of the Republic of China is kidnapped by Marshal Zhang Xueliang. * December 24 – The first filmed Russian opera, ''

Natalka Poltavka ''Natalka Poltavka'' ( uk, Наталка Полтавка, ) is a Ukrainian play written by Ivan Kotlyarevsky. The Opera in 2 acts, ''Natalka Poltavka'', was the last scheduled performance by The Kyiv Opera Company at the National Opera House o ...

'', is released in Ukraine.

Date unknown

* West China

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: An estimated five million people die. * Nestlé introduce the white chocolate Milkybar (called Galak in Continental Europe and elsewhere).

Births

January

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

–

Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping Country music, country and pop hits "King of the Road (song), Ki ...

, American singer, songwriter, musician and actor (d.

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...

) *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...

** Darlene Hard, American tennis player (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

) ** Alejandro Maldonado, Guatemalan politician ** Julio María Sanguinetti, 2-time President of Uruguay *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...

– Robert May, Australian scientist (d.

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

) *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the be ...

Stephen E. Ambrose Stephen Edward Ambrose (January 10, 1936 – October 13, 2002) was an American historian, most noted for his biographies of U.S. Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon. He was a longtime professor of history at the University of New Or ...

, American historian and biographer (d.

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

) ** Robert Wilson, American physicist, radio astronomer, and

Nobel Nobel often refers to: *Nobel Prize, awarded annually since 1901, from the bequest of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel Nobel may also refer to: Companies *AkzoNobel, the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994 *Branobel, or ...

laureate * January 11 – Eva Hesse, American artist (d.

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

) * January 12 – Émile Lahoud, 15th President of Lebanon *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

–

Reiner Klimke Reiner Klimke (; 14 January 1936 – 17 August 1999) was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events that has since been surpassed. He appeared in six Ol ...

, German equestrian (d.

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootin ...

) * January 19 – Ziaur Rahman, 7th President of Bangladesh (d.

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

) *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...

Alan J. Heeger Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry. Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers an ...

, American physicist ** Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (d.

) *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

–

Diana Hyland Diana Hyland (born Diane Gentner; January 25, 1936 – March 27, 1977) was an American stage, film and television actress. Early years Hyland was born Diane Gentner to John Theodore and Mary (Gorman) Gentner in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Sh ...

, American actress (d.

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

) *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

Barry Barish Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves. In 2017, Baris ...

, American gravitational physicist, Nobel laureate ** Troy Donahue, American actor (d.

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

) **

Samuel C. C. Ting Samuel Chao Chung Ting (, born January 27, 1936) is a Chinese-American physicist who, with Burton Richter, received the Nobel Prize in 1976 for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. More recently he has been the principal investigator in res ...

, American physicist * January 28 ** Waldyr Boccardo, Brazilian basketball player (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) ** Alan Alda, American actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and author ** Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer

February

Jim Brown at LBJ Foundation 2014 (cropped)

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. *1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

– Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer *

– David Brenner, American actor and comedian (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

) *

** Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player, coach (d.

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

) **

Stompin' Tom Connors Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has rele ...

, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

) * February 9 – Clive Swift, British actor (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as ' ...

, American actor, director and producer (d.

) *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

–

Anna German Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer, immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several ...

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr ...

singer (d.

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

) * February 16 – Carl Icahn, American businessman, investor and philanthropist *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...

–

Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former American football player, sports analyst and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one ...

, African-American football player and actor * February 21 – Barbara Jordan, African-American lawyer, educator, politician and civil rights activist (d.

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 8 ...

) *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...

—

Carol D'Onofrio Carol D'Onofrio (February 24, 1936 – April 14, 2020) was an American public health researcher who was Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, UC Berkeley School of Public Health, School of Public Health. Her career focused ...

, American public health researcher (d.

) *

– Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician, writer (d.

) * February 29 **

Alex Rocco Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and his Pr ...

, American actor (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

) **

Jack Lousma Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps officer, former United States naval aviator, naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politici ...

, American astronaut and politician ** Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d.

)

March

* March 4 **

Jim Clark James Clark Jr. OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. A versatile driver, he competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianapol ...

, Scottish race car driver (d.

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Januar ...

) ** Kim Yong-chun, North Korean soldier, politician (d.

) **

Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera ''Lear (opera), Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich F ...

, German composer *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

** Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d.

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

) ** Dean Stockwell, American actor (d.

) * March 6 ** Marion Barry, African-American civil rights activist and politician (d.

) ** Choummaly Sayasone, 5th President of Laos *

** Loren Acton, American astronaut ** Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (d.

) * March 9 – Mickey Gilley, American country singer (d.

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

) * March 10 –

Sepp Blatter Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result of ...

, Swiss sports administrator, president of

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

* March 11 **

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobe ...

, German virologist **

Takis Mousafiris Takis Mousafiris ( el, Τάκης Μουσαφίρης; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita Sakellariou ...

, Greek composer and songwriter **

Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of 18 ...

(d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

) * March 13 – Mónica Miguel, Mexican actress, director and singer (d.

) * March 17 – Ken Mattingly, American astronaut * March 18 –

F. W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South A ...

, 7th and last

State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...

(d.

) * March 19 **

Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...

, Swiss actress **

Uri Aviram Uri Aviram ( he, אורי אבירם; born March 19, 1936 in Haifa) is Zena Harman Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In January 2016 he was appointed as the Dean of the School of social and community Science ...

, Israeli university professor * March 20 – Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican musician (d.

) *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

–

Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi ( fa, سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, represen ...

, Iranian politician (d.

) * March 27 –

Banwari Lal Joshi Banwari Lal Joshi (27 March 1936 – 22 December 2017) was an Indian civil servant and government official who was Governor of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh from 2009 to 24 June 2014. He was previously Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi from 2 ...

, Indian politician (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) * March 28 ** Bill Gaither, American musician **

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate ** Amancio Ortega Gaona, Spanish business tycoon

April

* April 1 ** Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, 2-time President of Switzerland (d.

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

) **

Leo Posada Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández Jr. (April 1, 1936 – June 23, 2022) was a Cuban baseball player. He played for the Kansas City Athletics of Major League Baseball from 1960 through 1962. After his retirement as a player, Posada served as a ...

, Cuban baseball player (d.

) * April 7 – Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav princess, Serbian princess, Serbian presidential candidate * April 9 ** Valerie Solanas, American feminist writer who attempted to kill Andy Warhol (d.

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Australian ...

) **

Ferdinando Imposimato Ferdinando Imposimato (9 April 1936 – 2 January 2018) was an Italian magistrate and the honorary president of the Supreme Court of Italy. Biography Imposimato was born at Maddaloni, in the province of Caserta, in 1936. He graduated in law at th ...

, Italian judge (d.

) * April 12 – Charles Napier, American character actor (d.

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

) *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...

–

Choi In-hun Choi In-hoon (; 13 April 1936 – 23 July 2018) was a South Korean novelist and professor of creative writing at Seoul Institute of the Arts from 1977 to 2001. He is well-known for his 1960 novel ''The Square'', which depicts "the troubled life ...

, South Korean writer (d.

) * April 14 –

Dilbagh Singh Kler Dilbagh Singh Kler (14 April 1936 – 18 October 2012) was a Malaysian middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 m ...

, Malaysian Olympic athlete (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

) * April 15 ** Pen Sovan, Cambodian politician (d.

) **

Raymond Poulidor Raymond Poulidor (; 15 April 1936 – 13 November 2019), nicknamed "Pou-Pou" (), was a French professional racing cyclist, who rode for his entire career. His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquet ...

, French road-bicycle racer（d.

） *

April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...

– Urs Wild, Swiss chemist * April 20 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (d.

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

) * April 22 – Glen Campbell, American singer and actor (d.

) *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 * 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...

–

Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...

, American singer, songwriter (''

Pretty Woman ''Pretty Woman'' is a 1990 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, from a screenplay by J. F. Lawton. The film stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, and features Héctor Elizondo, Ralph Bellamy (in his final performance), La ...

'') (d.

) * April 24 **

Akwasi Afrifa Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa Born (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman o ...

, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (d.

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

) ** Jill Ireland, English actress (d.

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...

) * April 28 –

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz ( ar, طارق عزيز , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s wh ...

, Iraqi politician (d.

) * April 29 –

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, (born 29 April 1936) is a British peer, investment banker and a member of the Rothschild banking family. Now mostly retired, he has held many important roles in business, finance an ...

, British financier and aristocrat

May

* May 1 – Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d.

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) * May 2 ** Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress ** Engelbert Humperdinck (b. Arnold George Dorsey), British singer * May 4 – El Cordobés, Spanish matador * May 5 – Trần Đức Lương, 5th President of Vietnam * May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin, African-American singer (d.

) * May 9 **

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960) ...

, English actor (d.

) ** Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician * May 12 ** Klaus Doldinger, German musician **

Guillermo Endara Guillermo David Endara Galimany (May 12, 1936 – September 28, 2009) was a Panamanian politician who served as the President of Panama from 1989 to 1994. Raised in a family allied to Panameñista Party founder Arnulfo Arias, Endara attended s ...

, 32nd

President of Panama This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903. Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841) Republic of Panama (19 ...

(1989–1994) (d.

) *

May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...

–

Rafael Campos Rafael Campos (13 May 1936 – 9 July 1985) was an actor from the Dominican Republic whose credits include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), '' Dino'' (1957), ''The Light in the Forest'' (1958), ''Slumber Party '57'' (1976), ''The Astro-Zombies'' (19 ...

, Dominican actor (d.

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

) *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and forc ...

– Bobby Darin, American singer (d.

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

) *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1364 ...

** Philippe de Montebello, art exhibitionist ** Karl Lehmann, German Catholic cardinal (d.

) * May 17 –

Dennis Hopper Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in ''Giant'' (1956). In the next ten years ...

, American actor and director (d.

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

) * May 20 **

Nickey Iyambo Nickey Iyambo (20 May 1936 – 19 May 2019) was a Namibian politician and physician who served as the first Vice President of Namibia. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He was the ...

, Namibian politician, 1st

Vice-President of Namibia The vice-president of Namibia serves as the acting President of Namibia when the President is outside the country's borders, unable to fulfill the duties of the office, or when the Presidency is vacant. The Vice-President is also a member of th ...

(d.

) **

Antanas Vaupšas Antanas Vaupšas (20 May 1936 – 14 December 2017) was a Lithuanian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics, representing the Soviet Union, finishing in 14th place with a jump of 7.43 meters. References ...

, Lithuanian athlete (d.

) * May 21 –

Günter Blobel Günter Blobel (; May 21, 1936 – February 18, 2018) was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in t ...

, German-American biologist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (d.

) * May 23 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor * May 25 –

Tom T. Hall Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller," was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more ...

, American country singer-songwriter (d.

) *

– Louis Gossett Jr., African-American actor

June

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* June 2 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Soviet Olympic athlete (d.

) * June 3 – Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby union player (d.

) * June 4 **

Bruce Dern Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He has often played supporting villainous characters of unstable natures. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Silver B ...

, American actor ** Nutan Samarth, Indian actress (d.

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

) * June 8 ** James Darren, American actor and singer **

Kenneth G. Wilson Kenneth Geddes "Ken" Wilson (June 8, 1936 – June 15, 2013) was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in leveraging computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase ...

, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (d.

) * June 15 – William Levada, American cardinal (d.

) *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. * 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

– Ken Loach, British film director * June 18 ** Denny Hulme, New Zealand racing driver (d.

) **

Barack Obama Sr. Barack Hussein Obama Sr. (; 18 June 1934 – 24 November 1982) was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He is a central figure of his son's memoir, '' Dreams from My Fa ...

, Kenyan economist (d.

) * June 19 – Takeshi Aono, Japanese actor (d.

) * June 22 ** Kris Kristofferson, American actor, singer and songwriter ** Izatullo Khayoyev, 1st Prime Minister of Tajikistan (d.

) **

Ferran Olivella Ferran Olivella Pons (born 22 June 1936) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Olivella joined FC Barcelona's youth ranks at the age of 17. He started playing as a senior with neighbo ...

, Spanish footballer ** Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. * 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships. * 1280 – The Spanish Re ...

– Costas Simitis, Greek politician, 78th

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...

* June 25 –

B. J. Habibie Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie (; 25 June 1936 – 11 September 2019) was an Indonesian engineer and politician who was the third president of Indonesia from 1998 to 1999. Less than three months after his inauguration as the seventh vice preside ...

, Indonesian politician, 3rd President of Indonesia (d.

) * June 26 ** Hal Greer, African-American professional basketball player (d.

) **

Lee Ming-liang Lee Ming-liang (; born 26 June 1936) is a Taiwanese geneticist who led the Department of Health from 2000 to 2002. After Lee left office, Taiwan was hit by the 2003 SARS outbreak, and he was named to a committee convened to research the disease. ...

, Taiwanese geneticist **

Jean-Claude Turcotte Jean-Claude Turcotte () (26 June 1936 – 8 April 2015) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal. Upon his elevation into the cardinalate he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. He was ...

, Canadian cardinal (d.

) * June 27 **

Geneviève Fontanel Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936 – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress. She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''L'Homme qui aimait les femmes''. She was a member of the Comé ...

, French stage, film actress (d.

) ** Joe Doyle, Irish politician (d.

) *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

–

Leon O. Chua Leon Ong Chua (; ; born June 28, 1936) is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is a professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1971. ...

, American electrical engineer and computer scientist * June 29 ** David Jenkins, American figure skater ** Eddie Mabo, Australian Indigenous rights activist (d.

) **

Kigeli V of Rwanda Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa; 29 June 1936 – 16 October 2016) was the last ruling King ('' Mwami'') of Rwanda, from 28 July 1959 until the end of the UN-mandate with Belgian administration and the declaration of an indepe ...

, last king of Rwanda (d.

) * June 30 – Assia Djebar, Algerian writer (d.

)

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...

** Mihir Rakshit, Indian economist **

E. Ponnuswamy E. Ponnuswamy (born 1 July 1936) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Chidambaram constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the Pattali Makkal Katchi Paattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a political party in Ta ...

, Indian politician ** Antonio Salines, Italian actor and director (d.

) * July 4 –

Günter Vetter Günter Vetter (4 July 1936 – 6 October 2022) was an Austrian stonemason and politician who served as the Vorarlberg for Trade, Road Construction, Building Construction, and Tourism from 1984 until 1989. A member of the Austrian People's Part ...

, Austrian politician (d.

) * July 5 ** Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d.

) ** Shirley Knight, American actress (d.

) ** Sir James Mirrlees, Scottish-born economist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (d.

) * July 7 **

Hammoudi Al-Harithi Hammoudi Al-Harithi ( ar, حمودي الحارثي) (born July 7, 1936 in Baghdad) is an Iraqi actor, who is also known for comedian female roles. Famously known for his role of A'bousi of the 1960s Iraqi television comedian Tahit Moos Al-Hallaq. ...

, Iraqi actor **

Anatoly Kirov Anatoly Nikolayevich Kirov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Киров; born 7 July 1936) is a retired Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the Soviet title in 1956, 1958 and 1961 and a European title in 1962.

, Soviet wrestler *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. * 1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

– Johan Du Preez, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean sprinter * July 14 –

Marisa Allasio Countess Marisa Allasio (born Maria Luisa Lucia Allasio; 14 July 1934) is a retired Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1957. She was considered a typical sex symbol during her film career, which she a ...

, Italian actress *

July 16 Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. * 105 ...

** Miria Obote, former First Lady of Uganda **

Venkataraman Subramanya Venkataraman Subramanya (born 16 July 1936) is a former Indian cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968. He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some years, and a useful leg-spin bowler. He later ...

, Indian cricketer **

Leo Sterckx Leo Sterckx (born 16 July 1936) is a former Belgian cyclist. He competed for Belgium at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southe ...

, Belgian cyclist ** Yasuo Fukuda, 58th Prime Minister of Japan * July 18 – Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player * July 26 – Neelu, Indian actor (d.

) *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. *1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. *1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands ...

** Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Spanish royal (d.

) ** Buddy Guy, African-American blues singer and guitarist

August

* August 1 ** Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-born French fashion designer (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) **

Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi Chadlia Saïda Farhat Essebsi ( ar, شاذلية سعيدة فرحات السبسي; 1 August 1936 – 15 September 2019) was the First Lady of Tunisia (2014–2019) as the wife of President Beji Caid Essebsi. She was Tunisia's fifth first lady, ...

, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (d.

) * August 4 –

Joaquim Roriz Joaquim Roriz (4 August 1936 – 27 September 2018)2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * August 12 **

Kjell Grede Kjell Birger Grede (12 August 1936 – 15 December 2017) was a Swedish film director.2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

) ** André Kolingba, President of Central African Republic (d.

) * August 17 –

Margaret Hamilton Margaret Hamilton may refer to: * Margaret Hamilton (nurse) (1840–1922), American nurse in the Civil War * Maggie Hamilton (1867–1952), Scottish artist * Margaret Hamilton (educator) (1871–1969), American educator * Margaret Hamilton (actre ...

, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner * August 18 **

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...

, 2nd President of Namibia **

Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the List of awards and nominations received by Robert Redford, recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award from four nomi ...

, American actor and film director *

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...

** Wilt Chamberlain, African-American basketball player (d.

) **

Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, GE (21 August 19367 March 2008) was the holder of the Dukedom of Medina Sidonia in Spain. She was nicknamed or ''The Red Duchess'' due to her lifelong left-wing, anti-Fra ...

, (d.

) * August 23 – Rudy Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer (d.

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

) * August 25 –

Giridharilal Kedia Giridharilal Kedia (25 August 1936 – 19 December 2009) was an Indian well known social entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the founder and chairman of Image ...

, Indian former Working President of KVK (d.

) * August 26 – Benedict Anderson, American academic (d.

) * August 27 – Lien Chan, Taiwanese politician * August 28 – Bert Schneider, Austrian road racer (d.

) * August 29 –

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two terms ...

, American politician,

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

( R- Az.) (d.

) * August 31 – Fabrizia Ramondino, Italian author (d.

)

September

September 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. * 1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancon ...

–

Valery Legasov Valery Alekseyevich Legasov (russian: Валерий Алексеевич Легасов; 1 September 1936 – 27 April 1988) was a Soviet and Russian inorganic chemist and a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. He is now ma ...

, Soviet inorganic chemist (d.

) *

September 2 Events Pre-1600 *44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. * 44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his ''Philippicae'' (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them ...

– Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer and author (d.

) *

September 3 Events Pre-1600 *36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 – San Marino, one of the s ...

–

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ( ar, زين العابدين بن علي, translit=Zayn al-'Ābidīn bin 'Alī; 3 September 1936 – 19 September 2019), commonly known as Ben Ali ( ar, بن علي) or Ezzine ( ar, الزين), was a Tunisian politician ...

, 2nd President of Tunisia (d.

) * September 4 ** Kamuta Latasi, 4th Prime Minister of Tuvalu **

Yoshihisa Yoshikawa Yoshihisa Yoshikawa (吉川貴久, September 4, 1936 – October 12, 2019) was a Japanese shooter. He competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 50 m pistol event and won bronze medals in 1960 and 1964. References 1936 birt ...

, Japanese sport shooter (d.

) * September 7 **

Bruce Gray Bruce Gray (September 7, 1936 – December 13, 2017) was a Canadian actor, known for multiple roles in films and television shows for over 5 decades. Early Years Gray was born in Puerto Rico and lived in Toronto after 1949. He graduated from ...

, Puerto Rican/Canadian actor (d.

) **

Buddy Holly Charles Hardin Holley (September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959), known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born to a musical family in Lubbock, Texas ...

, American rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and musician (d.

1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

) **

Jorge Porcel Jorge Raúl Porcel de Peralta (; 7 September 1936 – 16 May 2006), known as Jorge Porcel, was an Argentine comedy actor and television host. He was nicknamed ''El Gordo de América'' (''America's Fat Guy''). Porcel is considered, along with A ...

, Argentine-American actor (d.

) * September 14 – Walter Koenig, American actor ('' Star Trek: The Original Series'') *

September 15 Events Pre-1600 * 994 – Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes. *1440 – Gilles de Rais, one of the earliest known serial killers, is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by ...

– Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (d.

) * September 19 – Al Oerter, American Olympic athlete (d.

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

) * September 21 – Yury Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow (d.

) *

September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...

– Valentín Paniagua, President of Perú (d.

) * September 24 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer ('' The Muppets'') (d.

) *

September 25 Events Pre-1600 * 275 – For the last time, the Roman Senate chooses an emperor; they elect 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus. * 762 – Led by Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya, the Hasanid branch of the Alids begins the Alid Revolt a ...

– Moussa Traoré, President of Mali (d.

) * September 26 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist (d.

) * September 27 –

Joselo José Manuel Díaz Márquez (September 27, 1936 – January 5, 2013) was a Venezuelan actor and comedian in television and film. Born in Barbacoas, Aragua, he was the younger brother of the singer and composer Simón Díaz. He played professional ...

, Venezuelan actor, comedian (d.

) *

– Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (d.

) * September 29 – Silvio Berlusconi, 50th Prime Minister of Italy, media entrepreneur

October

* October 1 –

Duncan Edwards Duncan Edwards (1 October 1936 – 21 February 1958) was an English footballer who played for Manchester United and the England national team. He was one of the Busby Babes, the young United team formed under manager Matt Busby in the mid ...

, English footballer (d.

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third ...

) * October 3 –

Steve Reich Stephen Michael Reich ( ; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer known for his contribution to the development of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, a ...

, American composer * October 5 – Václav Havel, Czech playwright, writer and politician, 10th President of Czechoslovakia and 1st

President of the Czech Republic The president of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic. The president mostly has ceremonial powers as the day-to-day business of the executive governm ...

(d.

) * October 6 –

Lin Yu-lin Lin Yu-lin (; 6 October 1936 – 9 June 2018) was a Taiwanese billionaire real estate developer, brother of fellow billionaire and politician Lin Rong-San. Biography Lin Yu-lin was born in 1936. He was a real estate mogul, owner of the commerc ...

, Taiwanese billionaire real estate developer (d.

) * October 7 –

Fereydoun Farrokhzad Fereydoun Farrokhzad ( fa, فریدون فرخزاد; October 7, 1938 – August 3, 1992) was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show ''The Silv ...

, Iranian entertainer (d.

) * October 8 – Rogelio Guerra, Mexican actor (d.

) * October 9 – Brian Blessed, English actor * October 10 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist,

laureate * October 13 –

Christine Nöstlinger Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an Austrian writer best known for children's books. She received one of two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in childre ...

, Austrian writer (d.

) * October 18 –

Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (18 October 1936 – 26 July 2019) was a Cuban prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Havana from 1981 to 2016. He was appointed to the College of Cardinals in 1994, the second Cuban to hold tha ...

, Cuban cardinal (d.

) * October 19 – James Bevel, Civil Rights Movement strategist Rev

* October 22 – Bobby Seale, American political activist * October 24 –

Bill Wyman William George Wyman (né Perks; born 24 October 1936) is an English musician who achieved international fame as the bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962 until 1993. In 1989, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member ...

, British musician *

– Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and voice actress * October 26 **

Etelka Kenéz Heka Etelka Kenéz Heka () (born 26 October 1936), sometimes Etelka Heka () is a Hungarian writer, poet and singer. Life She was born on 26 October 1936 in Gajić ( hu, Hercegmárok or Márok), Yugoslavia but she was raised at Zmajevac ( hu, Vö ...

, Hungarian writer, poet, singer **

Shelley Morrison Shelley Morrison (born Rachel Mitrani; October 26, 1936 – December 1, 2019) was an American actress. Morrison was known for her role as maid Rosario Salazar in the NBC comedy ''Will & Grace'', which she played from 1999 to 2006. She was also ...

, American actress (d.

) * October 28 – Charlie Daniels, American country singer, and songwriter (d.

) * October 30 –

Polina Astakhova Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova (Полина Григорьевна Астахова, 30 October 1936 – 5 August 2005) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. Biography Ast ...

, Soviet artistic gymnast (d.

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

) * October 31 –

Michael Landon Michael Landon (born Eugene Maurice Orowitz; October 31, 1936 – July 1, 1991) was an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in ''Bonanza'' (1959–1973), Charles Ingalls in ''Little House on the Pr ...

, American actor, director, producer and writer (d.

)

November

* November 3 – Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player * November 4 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (d.

) *

November 5 Events Pre-1600 * 1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Br ...

** Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (d.

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

) ** Uwe Seeler, German football player and manager (d.

) * November 8 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d.

) *

** Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (d.

) ** Stephanie Rothman, American film director *

November 11 Events Pre-1600 * 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with Galerius, ''Augustus'' of the East, and Maximianus, the recently returned former ''Augustus'' of the West, in an attempt to end the civil wars of the T ...

–

Susan Kohner Susanna "Susan" Kohner (born November 11, 1936) is an American retired actress who worked in film and television. She played Sarah Jane in '' Imitation of Life'' (1959), for which she was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe award. Af ...

, American actress * November 17 ** Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d.

) **

Dahlia Ravikovitch Dahlia Ravikovitch ( he, דליה רביקוביץ'; November 17, 1936 – August 21, 2005) was an Israeli poet, translator, and peace activist. Biography Ravikovitch was born in Ramat Gan on November 27, 1936. She learned to read and write at t ...

, Israeli poet (d.

) *

November 19 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 636 – The Rashidun Caliphate defeats the Sasanian Empire at the Battle o ...

–

Dick Cavett Richard Alva Cavett (; born November 19, 1936) is an American television personality and former talk show host. He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s. In ...

, American talk show host, television personality *

– Don DeLillo, American author * November 22 – John Bird, British satirist, actor and comedian * November 23 ** Robert Barnard, English writer (d.

) ** Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d.

) **

Steve Landesberg Stephen Landesberg (November 23, 1936December 20, 2010) was an American actor and comedian known for his role as the erudite, unflappable police detective Arthur P. Dietrich on the ABC sitcom ''Barney Miller'', for which he was nominated for th ...

, actor and comedian (d.

) *

– Abbie Hoffman, American political and social activist (d.

)

December

*December 4 – América Alonso, Venezuelan actress (d.

) * December 5 – James Lee Burke, American author * December 7 – Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician *December 8 – David Carradine, American actor, director and martial artist (d.

) *December 9 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli writer (d.

) * December 11 – Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician and diplomat * December 12 **Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (d.

) **Reggie Young, American musician and guitarist (d.

) *December 14 – Robert A. Parker, American physicist, astronomer, and astronaut *December 17 **Pope Francis, Argentine-born Catholic Pontiff **Klaus Kinkel, German politician (d.

) **Tommy Steele, British entertainer *December 20 – Niki Bettendorf, Luxembourgian politician (d.

) *December 21 – Barbara Roberts, American politician *December 22 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor *December 23 **La Lupe, Cuban singer (d.

) **Frederic Forrest, American actor *December 25 **Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy **Ismail Merchant, Indian film director and producer (d.

) *December 27 – Alex Miller (writer), Alex Miller, Australian novelist *December 29 **Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, producer and diabetes awareness activist (d.

) **Peep Jänes, Peep Janes, Estonian architect **Ray Nitschke, American football player (d.

) *December 31 – Siw Malmkvist, Swedish singer

Deaths

January

* January 1 – Harry B. Smith, American composer (b. 1860) * January 5 – Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Spanish writer (b. 1866) *

– Louise Bryant, American journalist (b. 1885) * January 9 – John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1897) * January 15 ** Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Henry Foster, British Conservative Party politician, former Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866) ** George Landenberger, United States Navy Captain (USN), Captain, 23rd Governor of American Samoa (b. 1879) * January 16 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (executed) (b. 1870) * January 18 – Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) *

– King George V, George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865) * January 23 – Mills Brothers, John Mills Jr., "Mills Brothers" basso, guitarist (b. 1911) * January 24 **Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873) **Harry Peach, British furniture manufacturer, social campaigner (b. 1874) * January 28 – Richard Loeb, American murderer (b. 1905)

February

– Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William, Prince of Albania, William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885) *

– Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi Party (b. 1895) * February 8 – Charles Curtis, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860) * February 19 – Billy Mitchell, American general, military aviation pioneer (b. 1879) * February 20 ** Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879) ** Georges Vacher de Lapouge, French anthropologist (b. 1854) * February 23 – William Adamson, British Labour politician (b. 1863) *

– in the " February 26 Incident": ** Takahashi Korekiyo, 11th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1854) ** Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral, 19th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1858) * February 27 ** Ivan Pavlov, Russian psychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1849) ** Mulugeta Yeggazu, Ethiopian government official, military leader **Fred Haines, American film director and screenwriter * February 28 – Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1866)

March

* March 8 – Jean Patou, French fashion designer (b. 1880) * March 9 – Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Indian monk and yogi (b. 1855) * March 12 ** David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral (b. 1871) ** David Campbell (British Army officer), Sir David Campbell, British army general and Governor of Malta (b. 1869) * March 13 – Francis Bell (New Zealand politician), Sir Francis Bell, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851) * March 16 ** Dace Akmentiņa, Latvian actress (b. 1858) ** Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist leader (b. 1864) * March 18 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek statesman, several times Prime Minister (b. 1864) * March 20 – Herman P. Faris, American temperance movement leader (b. 1858) *

– Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor (b. 1865) * March 23 – Oscar Asche, Australian actor (b. 1871) * March 28 – Archibald Garrod, Sir Archibald Garrod, English physician (b. 1857) * March 29 – Eugène Marais, South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer (b. 1871)

April

* April 2 – Alberico Albricci, Italian general (b. 1864) * April 3 – Richard Hauptmann, German killer of Lindbergh kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh Jr. (executed) (b. 1899) * April 6 – Edmund Breese, American actor (b. 1871) * April 7 – Marilyn Miller, American actress (b. 1898) * April 8 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1876) * April 9 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist, economist and philosopher (b. 1855) * April 18 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer, musicologist, and conductor (b. 1879) *

– Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889) * April 25 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871) * April 26 – Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886) * April 28 – King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868) * April 30 – A. E. Housman, English poet (b. 1859)

May

* May 2 – Ivan Alexandrov, Russian engineer (b. 1875) * May 4 – Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general (b. 1844) * May 5 – Marianne Hainisch, Austrian women's rights activist (b. 1839) * May 8 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (b. 1880) * May 12 - Hu Hanmin, Chinese politician (b. 1879) *

– Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, British soldier, administrator (b. 1861) *

– Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general, senator (b. 1860) * May 17 – Panagis Tsaldaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868) * May 20 – Elmer Fowler Stone, American aviator, first United States Coast Guard aviator (b. 1887) * May 24 – Khaz'al Khan Ibn Haji Jabir Khan, Iranian emir (b. 1863) * May 29 – Norman Chaney, American actor (b. 1914)

June

* June 3 – Walther Wever (general), Walther Wever, German general, ''Luftwaffe'' commander (b. 1887) * June 11 – Robert E. Howard, American author (suicide) (b. 1906) * June 12 – Karl Kraus (writer), Karl Krays, Austrian writer, journalist (b. 1874) * June 14 – G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874) *

– Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1878) * June 18 – Maxim Gorky, Russian writer (b. 1868) * June 19 – William Hall-Jones, Sir William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851) * June 22 ** Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (b. 1866) ** Moritz Schlick, German philosopher, physicist (b. 1882) *

– Alexander Berkman, Russian anarchist (b. 1870)

July

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– Hovhannes Abelian, Armenian actor (b. 1865) *

– Thomas Meighan, American actor (b. 1879) * July 9 – Auguste Adib Pacha, two-time prime minister of Lebanon (b. 1859) * July 11 – James Murray (American actor), James Murray, American actor (b. 1901) * July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician (b. 1893) *

– Alan Crosland, American film director (b. 1894) * July 20 – José Sanjurjo, Spanish general (b. 1872) * July 23 – Anna Abrikosova, Soviet Roman Catholic religious sister and servant of God (b. 1882) * July 24 ** Georg Michaelis, 6th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1857) ** Arnold Theiler, Sir Arnold Theiler, South African veterinary scientist (b. 1867) * July 25 – Heinrich Rickert, German philosopher (b. 1863)

August

* August 1 – Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (b. 1872) * August 9 – Lincoln Steffens, American journalist (b. 1866) * August 12 ** Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, Spanish teacher, religious woman (b. 1903) ** Manuel Goded, Spanish general (executed) (b. 1882) * August 15 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) * August 19 ** Federico García Lorca, Spanish writer (assassinated) (b. 1898) ** Hugh Patrick Lygon, English aristocrat (b. 1904) ** Oscar von Sydow, 18th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1873) * August 22 – José María Hinojosa Lasarte, José María Hinojosa, Spanish poet (assassinated) (b. 1904) * August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda, Spanish aviator, Falangist politician (executed) (b. 1897) * August 25 ** Ivan Nikitich Smirnov, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet Communist Party activist (b. 1881) ** Lev Kamenev, Soviet politician (b. 1883) ** Grigory Zinoviev, Soviet politician (b. 1883)

September

* September 6 – Víctor Pradera Larumbe, Spanish political theorist (executed) (b. 1872) * September 7 – Kenneth Balfour, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1863) * September 14 ** Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899) * September 14 – Raoul Villain, French assassin (b. 1885) * September 16 – Karl Buresch, 9th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1878) * September 17 – Henri Louis Le Chatelier, French chemist (Le Chatelier's principle) (b. 1850) * September 19 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860) * September 21 ** Amalia Abad Casasempere, Spanish Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr (executed) (b. 1897) ** Antoine Meillet, French linguist (b. 1866) *

– William Sims, American admiral (b. 1858) * September 30 – Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (b. 1851)

October

* October 2 – Juho Sunila, 2-time Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1875) * October 3 – John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869) * October 6 – Gyula Gömbös, 30th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886) * October 8 ** Cheiro, Irish astrologer (b. 1866) ** William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851) * October 12 – Shuja ul-Mulk, Indian ruler (b. 1881) * October 16 – Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859) * October 19 – Lu Xun, leading figure of modern Chinese literature (b. 1881) * October 20 – Anne Sullivan, American teacher of Helen Keller (b. 1866) * October 26 – Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (b. 1884) * October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer (b. 1875)

November

* November 2 – Martin Lowry, English physical chemist (b. 1874) * November 7 ** Walter L. Finn, American physician and politician (b. 1875) ** Charles "Chic" Sale, American vaudevillian (b. 1885) *

– Edward German, Sir Edward German, English composer (b. 1862) * November 17 ** John Bowers (actor), John Bowers, American actor (b. 1885) ** Alexandros Papanastasiou, 2-time prime minister of Greece (b. 1876) *

** Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896) ** José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish fascist politician (b. 1903) * November 25 – Andrew Harper, Scottish–Australian biblical scholar, teacher (b. 1844) * November 27 – Edward Bach, British physician, homeopath and bacteriologist (b. 1886)

December

* December 7 – Jean Mermoz, French aviator (b. 1901) * December 9 ** Juan de la Cierva, Spanish civil engineer, aviator, aeronautical engineer and inventor of the autogyro (b. 1895) ** Arvid Lindman, 12th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1862) ** Lottie Pickford, Canadian actress (b. 1895) * December 10 ** Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857) ** Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) * December 18 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer, mathematician (b. 1852) * December 23 – William Henry Harrison (cricketer), William Henry Harrison, English cricketer (b. 1866) * December 24 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (b. 1887) * December 25 – Carl Stumpf, German philosopher, psychologist (b. 1848) * December 26 – Percival G. Baldwin, American politician and businessman (b. 1880) * December 27 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the İstiklal Marşı, Turkish National Anthem (b. 1873) * December 29 – Lucy, Lady Houston, British philanthropist (b. 1857) * December 31 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer (b. 1864)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Victor F. Hess, Carl D. Anderson * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Peter Debye, Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Sir Henry Hallett Dale, Otto Loewi * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Eugene Gladstone O'Neill * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Carlos Saavedra Lamas

Note

References

External links

Headling America 1937
reprints the best American newspaper stories of 1935–1936.

– from American Studies Programs at the University of Virginia {{DEFAULTSORT:1936 1936, Leap years in the Gregorian calendar