Page 11: Historical Events In 1936

Sep 05   Alcee Hastings, (Rep-D-Florida).   

Sep 05   Red Sox turn a triple-play on Yankees.   

Sep 07   Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins operation.   

Sep 07   Buddy Holly, American rock and roll singer is born.   

Sep 07   Hoover (Boulder) Dam begins operation.   

Sep 08   Princess Juliana and German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged.   

Sep 09   Yankees sweep Indians, NY clinches pennant on earliest date in history.   

Sep 11   A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game.   

Sep 11   FDR dedicates Boulder Dam, now known as Hoover Dam.   

Sep 12   50th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (46 63 62).   

Sep 12   Hermann Hirt, German linguist (Indo-European Grammar), dies at 70   

Sep 13   Cleve Bob Feller strikes out then record 17 in a game (vs Phila A's)   

Sep 14   Ossip Gabrilovich, composer, dies at 58   

Sep 14   Paul Waner ties Rogers Hornsby's NL record of 200 hits for 7 times   

Sep 15   Bela Anton Szabados, composer, dies at 69   

Sep 16   Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM), dies.   

Sep 18   On test a new lightweight streamlined passenger train attains an officially recorded speed of 112 1/2 mph on the Canadian Pacific Winchester Subdivision near St. Telesphore, Quebec, with 4-4-4 locomotive no. 3003.   

Sep 19   Alfred A Oerter Jr, Astoria NY, discus (Olympic-gold-56, 60, 64, 68).   

Sep 21   Spanish fascist junta names Franco to generalissimo/supreme commander   

Sep 21   Yuriy Luzhkov, Russian politician, mayor of Moscow.   

Sep 23   Giants Carl Hubbell notches his 16th en route to 24 consecutive claims.   

Sep 25   Joe Medwick sets a still-standing NL record with his 64th double.   

Sep 26   Harriet Monroe, US poet (Poet's Life), dies at 75   

Sep 27   1st baseman Walter Alston plays in his only major league game   

Sep 28   Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)   

Sep 29   Radio used for 1st time for a presidential campaign   

Sep 29   Radio used for inaugural time for a presidential campaign   

Sep 30   Intl Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends   

Sep 30   Intl Commission of the Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends.   

Oct 01   Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain   

Oct 01   Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28   

Oct 02   1st alcohol power plant forms, Atchison, Kansas.   

Oct 02   G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies.   

Oct 03   Steve Reich, NYC, composer (My Name is)   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of roger Miller, Ft Worth Tx, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me)   

Jan 03   In the year 1936 birth of betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish)   

Jan 03   David Vine, British(?) sport commentator was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Jos Kunst, composer was born in the year 1936.   

Jan 05   Florence King, American humorist was born in the year 1936.   

Jan 06   In the year 1936 birth of julio Maria Sanguinetti Cairolo, president of Uruguay (1985-90, 95- )   

Jan 06   In the year 1936 birth of rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player   

Jan 02   In the year 1936 death of sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)   

Jan 06   Charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 07   In the year 1936 howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies   

Jan 09   In the year 1936 john Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40   

Jan 10   Charles Wright, cricketer (3 Tests England v S Africa 1895-96), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 15   In the year 1936 henry Forster, cricket (Hants & Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies   

Jan 16   Albert Fish, American serial killer (b. 1870) died in the year 1936.   

Jan 17   In the year 1936 death of mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885)