Explore 2180 historical events from 1930–1939.
In the context of mass Jewish immigration to Mandatory Palestine, violent attacks against British colonial installations and Jews of the Yishuv broke out in Jaffa on 19 April 1936.…
The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine
The United Auto Workers (UAW), fully named International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, is an American labor union that represen…
The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor
The March of the Iron Will was an Italian offensive occurring from 26 April to 5 May 1936, during the final days of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Its goal was to capture the Ethi…
Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Edwin Howard Armstrong was an American radio-frequency engineer and inventor who developed FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
Inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience of engineers at the FCC in Washington, DC
The International Surrealist Exhibition was held from 11 June to 4 July 1936 at the New Burlington Galleries, near Savile Row in London's Mayfair, England.
The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens
The Focke-Wulf Fw 61 was the first successful, practical, and fully controllable helicopter, first flown in 1936. It was also known as the Fa 61, as Focke began a new company—Focke…
Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter
The Ethiopian Empire, historically known as Abyssinia or simply Ethiopia, was a country that encompassed the present-day territories of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It existed from the es…
Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5
Sada Abe was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying t…
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag
The House of Commons of Northern Ireland was the lower house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The upper house in the bicamera…
In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation bill
Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist. He was highly influential in the development o…
Alan Turing submits On Computable Numbers for publication
Mengjiang, also known as Mengkiang, officially the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government, was an autonomous zone of the Wang Jingwei regime in Inner Mongolia. It was formed in 193…
The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viadu…
The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
Edward VIII, later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, as well as Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 unt…
King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian…
Vadim Alekseyevich Kuzmin was a Russian theoretical physicist.
Vadim Kuzmin, Russian physicist and academic (died 2015)
The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal is a disused canal in Greater Manchester, England, built to link Bolton and Bury with Manchester. The canal, when fully opened, was 15 miles 1…
A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200…
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second …
Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain…
The Spanish Civil War was fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalist rebels. Republicans loyal to the left-leaning Popular Front government of the Second …
Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the…
The (Montreux) Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits, often known simply as the Montreux Convention, is an international agreement governing the Bosporus and Dardanelles s…
The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but…
Urs Paul Rolf Wild was a Swiss chemist. He became known for his pioneering works in single molecule detection.
Urs Wild, Swiss chemist (died 2022)
Roger Arthur Graef OBE was an American-born British documentary filmmaker and theatre director. Born in New York City, he moved to Britain in 1962, where he began a career producin…
Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer (died 2022)
Vladimir Hütt was an Estonian philosopher.
Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (died 1997)
Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1992, except from April to December 1981. A member of the Flemish Christi…
Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (died 2013)
John Perry Pardee was an American professional football player and head coach. He played as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). As a coach, he is the only head coac…
Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (died 2013)