Historical Events In 1936

May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn)

May 02 "Peter &the Wolf" premieres in Moscow

May 03 French People's Front wins elections

May 26 The first Government of Zealand in Belgium ends

May 05 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip

May 09 First KLM airplane to land on Bonaire

May 10 Nahas Pasja becomes premier of Egypt

May 01 Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades

May 01 FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis

May 24 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party

May 13 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain

May 09 Italy takes Addis Ababa, annexing Abyssinia (Ethiopia)

May 16 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1:59

May 27 The birth of Lou Gossett Jr, American film actor

May 27 The Queen Mary, sailing for the Cunard line, left England on its maiden voyage

May 05 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa

May 16 62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture wins in 1 59

May 04 The birth of Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress

May 09 The birth of Albert Finney, Actor

May 18 The Spanish Civil breaks out

May 16 The first British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France

May 10 Manuel Azaña elected President of Spain

May 02 Emperor Haile Selassie &family flee Abyssinia

May 15 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours

Jan 09 The United States Army adopted the semiautomatic rifle this day

Jan 16 The first photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah FL

Jan 24 Benny Goodman &orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records

Jan 04 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs South Africa

Jan 04 Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade

Jan 01 The first newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune

Jan 04 Grimmett becomes world record wicket taker with no 190 vs South Africa

Jan 09 Semi-automatic rifles adopted by US army

Jan 31 "Green Hornet" radio show is first heard on WXYZ Radio in Detroit

Jan 02 First electron tube to enable night vision described, St Louis MO

Jan 15 The first all-glass windowless structure in US completed, Toledo, Ohio

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