Page 6: Historical Events In 1936
Thursday, 29 January 2026
May 03 In this year, French People's Front claims elections. 


May 04 Audrey Hepburn, Dutch born film actress is born. 


May 04 El Cordobés, Spanish matador 


May 04 Pulitzer prize awarded to Harold L Davis (Honey in the Horn). 


May 05 Edward Ravenscroft patents screw-on bottle cap with a pour lip. 


May 05 Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa 


May 06 Hans Jelmoli, composer, dies at 59 


May 07 Cornelius Cardew, composer 


May 08 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife fainted when he returned to track. 


May 08 Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (Underworld of Abendlandes), dies 


May 09 1st KLM airplane to land on Bonaire. 


May 09 Albert Finney, Actor is born 


May 09 inaugural KLM airplane to land on Bonaire. 


May 09 Italy takes Addis Ababa, annexing Abyssinia (Ethiopia) 


May 10 Manuel Azaña elected president of Spain. 


May 10 Nahas Pasja is recorded as becoming premier of Egypt. 


May 12 Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London. 


May 12 Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News). 


May 13 Quiroga Government takes office in Spain 


May 13 Quiroga govt takes office in Spain. 


May 14 Edmond HH Allenby, English fieldmarshal in Egypt, dies at 74 


May 15 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from S Afr in record 4d16h 


May 15 Amy Johnson arrives in Croydon England from South Africa in record 4 days 16 hours 


May 16 1st British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 


May 16 In this year, 62nd Preakness George Woolf aboard Bold Venture claims in 1 59. 


May 16 In this year, 62nd Preakness: George Woolf aboard Bold Venture claims in 1:59 


May 16 The inaugural British air hostess (Daphne Kearley) flight to France 


May 18 Alick Maclean, composer, dies at 63. 


May 18 The Spanish Civil breaks out 


May 19 Elisabeth Schwartz, Austria, pairs figure skater (Olympic-gold-1956). 


May 21 Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her hand. Her story soon is recorded as becoming one of Japan's most notorious scandals 


May 22 Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland 


May 24 Dutch bishops forbid membership of Nazi party. 


May 25 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer, dies at 92. 


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