1936 Calendar
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1936 Historical Event(s)
January 24, 1936
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
February 29, 1936
– Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.
March 8, 1936
– Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car race.
May 15, 1936
– Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
May 22, 1936
– Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
May 25, 1936
– The Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
June 30, 1936
– Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy’s invasion of his country.
November 23, 1936
– Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
December 23, 1936
– First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
Who Were Born On 1936?
February 18, 1936
– Jean Auel, American writer
March 20, 1936
– Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)
March 29, 1936
– John A. Durkin, American politician
April 23, 1936
– Roy Orbison, American singer and musician (d. 1988)
May 4, 1936
– El Cordobés, Spanish matador
May 23, 1936
– Ingeborg Hallstein, German opera singer
June 6, 1936
– Levi Stubbs, American musician (The Four Tops) (d. 2008)
August 8, 1936
– Frank Howard, American baseball player
November 25, 1936
– Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
December 8, 1936
– David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)