1936 Calendar
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1936 Historical Event(s)
- January 15, 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
- January 24, 1936 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
- January 29, 1936 – The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
- July 11, 1936 – The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- July 26, 1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- October 26, 1936 – The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
- November 2, 1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
- November 20, 1936 – José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
- 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 20, 1936 – Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
- March 9, 1936 – Mickey Gilley, American musician and singer
- March 11, 1936 – Hollis Frampton, American filmmaker and theorist.
- May 24, 1936 – Harold Budd, American composer and poet
- June 30, 1936 – Nancy Dussault, American actress
- July 25, 1936 – Gerry Ashmore, British racing driver
- September 2, 1936 – Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
- October 19, 1936 – James Bevel, American activist (d. 2008)
- October 23, 1936 – Philip Kaufman, American film director