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1936 Calendar

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•  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.
•  May 22, 1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
•  July 6, 1936 – A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 ft into the River Irwell.
•  July 26, 1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
•  August 14, 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
•  September 23, 1936 – First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
•  December 5, 1936 – The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
•  December 11, 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII’s abdication as King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India becomes effective.
•  December 12, 1936 – Xi'an Incident: The Generalissimo of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek, is kidnapped by Zhang Xueliang.

•  March 4, 1936 – Eric Allendale, West Indian trombonist and songwriter (d. 2001)
•  March 15, 1936 – David Andrews, Irish politician
•  June 17, 1936 – Ken Loach, British film director
•  August 29, 1936 – John McCain, American politician
•  September 5, 1936 – Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player
•  September 14, 1936 – Terence Donovan, British photographer and film director (d. 1996)
•  October 17, 1936 – Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese seismologist
•  November 9, 1936 – Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
•  November 14, 1936 – Cornell Gunter, American singer (The Coasters) (d. 1990)
•  December 8, 1936 – David Carradine, American actor (d. 2009)