Dec 11 King Edward VIII of England abdicates for woman he loves

Dec 18 Giant panda imported into US

Dec 22 The initial common carrier license issued by ICC, Scranton, Pa

Dec 30 The United Auto Workers union stages its first sit-down strike at the Fisher Body Plant in Flint, Michigan.

Aug 14 First Olympic basketball game (Berlin)

Aug 03 The U.S. State Department urges Americans living in Spain to leave because of the Spanish civil war.

Aug 12 120ø F (49ø C), Seymour, Texas (state record)

Aug 05 At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal

Aug 03 SS Calyx, built at Eems, Germany in 1929 and renamed in 1936, she sank at the entrance to Ipswich dock. Declared a total loss and later broken up at Ipswich.

Aug 24 Australian Antarctic Territory created

Aug 12 Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)

Aug 16 11th Olympic games close in Berlin

Aug 09 Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics

Aug 18 106.5ø F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa to date

Aug 14 A train and truck collide at Louiseville Quebec, killing 22.

Aug 01 Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games

Aug 01 The birth of Yves Saint-Laurent, Designer

Oct 09 Generators at Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begin transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

Oct 11 "Professor Quiz", 1st radio quiz show premieres

Oct 25 The birth of Martin Gilbert, Winston Churchill's official biographer

Oct 25 Hitler and Mussolini form the Rome-Berlin Axis.

Oct 28 FDR rededicates Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary

Oct 01 Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain

Oct 22 First commercial flight from mainland to Hawaii

Oct 09 Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to LA

Oct 05 Coaxial cable strung between New York City and Philadelphia made it possible for the first intercity telecast.

Jul 06 121ø F (49ø C), Steele, North Dakota (state record)

Jul 06 114ø F (46ø C), Moorhead, Minnesota (state record)

Jul 10 109ø F (43ø C), Cumberland & Frederick, Maryland (state record)

Jul 13 112ø F (44ø C), Mio, Michigan (state record)

Jul 29 RCA shows the first real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)

Jul 10 111ø F (44ø C), Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (state record)

Jul 18 The Spanish Civil war begins with an army revolt against the government

Jul 17 North African detachments of the Spanish Army led by Generalissimo Franco, and supported by Italy and the Nazis, begin civil war agaist the five year old republic.

Jul 08 C Jackson discovers asteroid #1949 Messina

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