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1936

#1936

1 ________ – James Lee Burke, American writer

2 ________ – release of the film Natalka Poltavka in Ukraine, the first filmed Russian opera.

3 November 20 – ________, Spanish anarchist (b.

4 ________ The first superhero to wear a skin-tight costume and mask, The Phantom, makes his first appearance in U.S.

5 ________ – England celebrates its first ever win over the All Blacks in Rugby Union, in particular the 2 famous tries by "The Prince" HH Alexander Obolensky.

6 July 15 – ________, American politican, senior senator of Ohio

7 ________ – Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, former Prime Minister of Japan

8 ________ – Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.

9 Robert Wilson, American physicist and radio astronomer, ________ laureate

10 ________ – Kris Kristofferson, American singer, songwriter, and actor

💡 Interesting Facts

  • from 1936 to 1939, Alexander Monkman led a volunteer effort to build a road through the Monkman Pass into British Columbia?
  • in 1936, 11-term U.S. Congressman Frederick R. Lehlbach closely lost his re-election bid to a political newcomer, Frank W. Towey, Jr.?
  • on 14 August 1936 Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky, thus becoming the last person to be publicly executed in the United States?
  • former California representative Bertrand W. Gearhart ran unopposed and captured nearly 100 percent of the vote in his biennial re-election bids from 1936 to 1944?
  • Julius Schreck ended his SS career as Adolf Hitler's chauffeur, and that Hitler read the eulogy at his state funeral in 1936?
  • "I Love to Singa," an Al Jolson song written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, is also the title of a popular 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon?
  • James Foster was a Scottish-born Canadian goalie who helped lead Great Britain to its first and only Olympic gold medal in ice hockey in 1936?
  • Labour Member of Parliament Ellen Wilkinson organised the 1936 Jarrow March of 200 unemployed men and women from Tyneside to London to demand jobs?
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