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1936 Calendar

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•  January 24, 1936 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
•  April 1, 1936 – Orissa formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
•  April 18, 1936 – The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
•  May 15, 1936 – Amy Johnson arrives back in England after a record-breaking return flight to Cape Town
•  June 7, 1936 – The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray is elected its first president.
•  July 23, 1936 – In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
•  July 26, 1936 – The Axis Powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
•  August 9, 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.
•  August 24, 1936 – The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
•  November 23, 1936 – Life magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.

•  January 6, 1936 – Darlene Hard, American tennis player
•  January 24, 1936 – Doug Kershaw, American musician
•  January 28, 1936 – Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer
•  March 6, 1936 – Marion Barry Jr., American politician
•  March 10, 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
•  May 30, 1936 – Ruta Lee, Canadian actress
•  June 3, 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author
•  June 11, 1936 – Jud Strunk, American singer, songwriter and comedian (d. 1981)
•  September 18, 1936 – Big Tom, Irish country singer
•  December 17, 1936 – Tommy Steele, English singer and actor