Page 5: Historical Events In 1936

Apr 05   Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die.   

Apr 06   3rd Golf Masters Championship: Horton Smith claims, shooting a 285   

Apr 06   Tornado, results in the deaths of 203 and injuring 1800 in Gainesville Georgia.   

Apr 08   Orissa constituted a province of British India   

Apr 10   200" mirror blank arrives in Pasadena.   

Apr 11   Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44   

Apr 11   Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC   

Apr 13   Demertzis, Greek premier, dies   

Apr 13   Metaxas proclaims himself dictator of Greece   

Apr 13   P Djurkovic discovers asteroid #1605 Milankovitch.   

Apr 15   Palestinian Arabs begin a general strike in protest to Jewish immigration. Within a month, 21 Jews are killed in Arab attacks.   

Apr 17   Charles J M Ruys de Beerenbrouck, Dutch PM (1918-23, 29-33), dies   

Apr 18   Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu.   

Apr 18   Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer (Belkis), dies at 56.   

Apr 18   Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from SF to Honolulu.   

Apr 19   Anti-Jewish riots break out in Palestine.   

Apr 20   40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40.8   

Apr 23   Carl Hubbell's 1st start of season is his 17th straight win.   

Apr 23   M Laugier discovers asteroid #1651 Behrens   

Apr 24   Alphons Diepenbrock, composer, dies at 73   

Apr 26   Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 4th Symphony   

Apr 26   Tammany Young, American actor (b.1886).   

Apr 27   Frederik A Stoett, linguist (Dutch Proverbs), dies at 72   

Apr 27   Khalid Wazir, cricketer (son of S Wazir Ali 2 Tests for Pakistan 1954).   

Apr 28   Foead I, king of Egypt (1922-36), dies   

Apr 28   John Martin Tchicai, composer   

Apr 29   1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5.   

Apr 29   Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76.   

Apr 30   Zohra Lampert, actress (Doctors' Hospital, Girl With Something Extra)   

May 01   Emperor Haile Selassie leaves Ethiopia as Italian invades   

May 01   FBI's J Edgar Hoover arrests Alvin Karpis   

May 02   "Peter and the Wolf" premieres in Moscow.   

May 02   "Peter and Wolf" premieres in Moscow.   

May 02   Emperor Haile Selassie and family flee Abyssinia.   

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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   Betty Rollin, actress (Crossing Delancey)/author (Last Wish) was born in the year 1936.   

Jan 03   In the year 1936 birth of david Vine, British(?) sport commentator   

Jan 03   In the year 1936 birth of jos Kunst, composer   

Jan 05   In the year 1936 birth of florence King, American humorist   

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

Jan 06   Rubén Amaro, Sr., Mexican baseball player was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Darlene Hard, U.S. tennis player was born in the year 1936.   

Jan 02   On this day in history death of sir Francis Newdegate, Governor of Tasmania, Western Australia (b. 1862)   

Jan 06   In the year 1936 charles A Stoneham, pres (NY Giants), dies   

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

Jan 09   John Gilbert, actor (Love, Downstairs), dies at 40 in the year 1936.   

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

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   Mateiu Caragiale, Romanian author (b. 1885) died in the year 1936.