1936 Births

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 Edward VIII.
* 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 – Radium E (bismuth-210) becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
* February 6 – The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 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: The left-wing Popular Front coalition takes a majority.
* February 26 – February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ''Niniroku Jiken''): The Imperial Way Faction engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.

March–April

* March 1 – Construction of Hoover Dam is completed in the United States.
* March 7 – In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties, 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 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 – A tornado hits Tupelo, Mississippi, 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 against the British government, and opposition to Jewish immigration.

May–June

* May 5 – '' March of the Iron Will'': Italian forces occupy Addis Ababa unopposed.
* May 7 – Italy annexes Ethiopia.
* May 9 – Italian East Africa is formed from the Italian territories of Eritrea, 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 begins, spawning the notorious ''Mohawk Valley formula'', a corporate plan for strikebreaking.
* May 27 – 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 knocks out Joe Louis in the 12th round of their heavyweight boxing match, at Yankee Stadium in New York City.
* June 19 – Per Albin Hansson 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 is visible in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Japan. It is part of Solar Saros 126; Gamma 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, but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
* August 1 – The 1936 Summer Olympics 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 – 1936 Summer Olympics: 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, which will rule Greece until the Axis occupation of Greece in 1941.
* August 26 – The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.

September–October

* September 4– 5 – English-born aviator Beryl Markham 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'' 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 crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP ''Afonso de Albuquerque'' and destroyer ''Dão'' mutiny while anchored in Lisbon Harbour. Opposed to the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup in Spain, they declare their solidarity with the Second Spanish Republic.
**The Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence is signed.
* September 10 – The first World Speedway Championship 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 – 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 Per Albin Hansson returns as Prime Minister, staying in office until his death from a heart attack in 1946.
* October
** Joseph Stalin's Great Purge begins in the Soviet Union.
** The Mästermyr chest is discovered in the Mästermyr mire (after which it is later named), west of Hemse, on the island of Gotland, 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 of the '' New York Journal'' and Leo Kieran of ''The New York Times''. The flight takes 18 days.
* October 25 – The Rome-Berlin Axis is formed.

November–December

* November 2
** The BBC
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