16 events found for 1936
Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italian troops (pictured) captured the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa unopposed
In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe (pictured) strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around
In a crime that captivated Japan, Sada Abe strangled her lover, cut off his genitals, and carried them around with her f
Employees of the Remington Rand company began an 11-month strike action, during which time the company executives develo
A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft of Norwegian Air Lines crashed into a mountainside near Hyllestad, Norway, killing all seven pe
A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 300 feet…
New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
Nationalist military officers launch a coup d'état against the Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War
Nationalist rebels attempted a coup against the Second Spanish Republic, sparking the Spanish Civil War.
The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona begins.
The July 1936 military uprising in Barcelona is defeated by anarchist militias and Republican loyalists, beginning the…
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War,…
African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi…
The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America was founded in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.
The last thylacine (pictured) died in captivity in Hobart Zoo, Australia.
Opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's support of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, the crews of the…