Historical Events In 1936

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

Jan 28 The birth of Alan Alda, American actor

Jan 31 The Green Hornet makes its broadcast premiere today on Detroit, Michigan radio station WXYZ.

Jan 04 Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade

Jan 23 Catholic People's Party (KVP) of Curaçao forms

Jan 15 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates

Jan 09 Noël Coward's "Astonished Heart," premieres in London

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

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

Jan 31 The Green Hornet makes its broadcast premiere today on Detroit, Michigan radio station WXYZ.

Jan 15 Horace Stoneham elected president of New York Giants

Jan 02 Bradman scores 357 for South Africa vs Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours

Jan 29 The first inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, are announced. They include Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth.

Jan 16 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular

Jan 07 Tennis champs Helen Moody &Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)

Jan 20 Edward VIII succeeds British king George V

Jan 07 Tennis champs Helen Moody &Howard Kinsley volley 2,001 times (1h18m)

Jan 20 Britain's King George V dies and is succeeded by King Edward VIII

Jan 02 Bradman scores 357 for South Africa vs Victoria, 424 minutes, 40 fours

Jan 26 Heatherfield, coaster, 500 tons. Ran ashore in a fog at Whitby, Yorkshire. Crew rescued by breeches buoy.

Jan 14 L M (Mario) Giannini elected president of Bank of America

Jan 28 Pravda criticizes Sjostakovitsj' "Lady Macbeth" opera

Jan 30 Victoria need 442 to win against New South Wales, but lose, all out for 415

Jan 06 Barbara Hanley became Canada's first woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)

Jan 06 Barbara Hanley became Canada's first woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario)

Jan 16 Screen Actors Guild incorporates with King Vidor as president

Feb 07 Felix the Cat, Cartoon Character, by Van Beuren from Otto Messmer

Feb 15 Hitler announces building of Volkswagen

Feb 19 Manuel Azaña becomes Spanish premier

Feb 29 FDR signs 2nd neutrality act

Feb 06 Pravda criticizes Shostakovitch' ballet "Clear Brook"

Feb 14 National Negro Congress organizes in Chicago

Feb 08 Pandit Jawaharlal follows Gandhi as chairman of India Congress Party

Feb 15 Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympics figure skating gold

Feb 08 Larry Vernethe singer of "Please Mr. Custer, I don't wanta go" I love that song

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