Dec 05 In America, prohibition is repealed after over 13 years

Aug 11 Temp reaches 136 degrees F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record)

Aug 01 The birth of Dom Deluise, American film actor

Aug 18 The birth of Roman Polanski, Polish director

Oct 10 The first synthetic detergent for home use marketed

Oct 12 John Dillinger escapes from the Allen County, OH, jail

Oct 17 Albert Einstein arrives in the US, a refugee from Nazi Germany

Oct 04 Esquire magazine was published for the first time. Considered racy for its time, it pales in comparison to today’ s choices of reading material

Oct 01 The birth of Richard Harris, British born film actor

Oct 19 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936

Oct 14 Nazi Germany announces withdrawal from League of Nations

Oct 28 The birth of Michael Noakes, Portrait and landscape painter

Oct 19 Withdrawal of Germany from the League of Nations.

Oct 12 Alcatraz becomes a federal prison (unofficially)

Jul 04 Work begins on Oakland Bay Bridge

Jul 15 Wiley Post began first solo flight around the world

Jul 27 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1312 Vassar

Jul 01 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1590 Tsiolkovskaja.

Jul 22 Caterina Jarboro sings "Aida," NYC-1st negro prima donna in US

Jul 27 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1284 Latvia

Jul 13 The birth of David Storey, English novelist

Jul 22 Wiley Post completes first round-the-world solo flight

Jul 31 USS Constitution commences tour of principal U.S. seaports.

Jul 28 The first singing telegram delivered to Rudy Vallee

Jul 08 Public Works Administration becomes effective

Jul 14 East European Jewish immigrants are stripped of German citizenship.

Jul 10 The first police radio system operated, Eastchester Township, NY

Jul 23 The birth of Richard Rogers, British architect

Jul 15 The birth of Guido Crepax, Italian graphic novelist

Mar 27 Farm Credit Administration (US) authorized

Mar 10 Major earthquake in Long Beach CA

Mar 20 Dachau, first concentration camp, completed

Mar 09 The birth of Philip Roth, American novelist

Mar 04 FDR inaugrated as 32nd President, pledges to pull US out of Depression & says "We have nothing to fear but fear itself"

Mar 27 Polythene discovered by Reginald Gibson & Eric William Fawcett

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