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
