WORLD HISTORY · 1936 日本語
Events of 1936Showa 11 (Japan) · Year of the Rat
What happened in 1936?
In 1936, young army officers staged the February 26 Incident, and Japan and Germany signed the Anti-Comintern Pact. At the Berlin Olympics, Maehata Hideko became the first Japanese woman to win a gold medal, and Germany remilitarized the Rhineland.
- Japan withdraws from London Naval ConferenceEurope
- February 26 Incident attempted coupAsia
- Germany remilitarizes the RhinelandEurope
- Berlin Olympics openEurope
- Maehata Hideko wins Japan's first women's goldAsia
- Franco becomes commander of rebel forcesEurope
- Japan and Germany sign Anti-Comintern PactAsia
- Chiang Kai-shek detained in Xi'an IncidentAsia
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1936 at a glance
| Japanese era | Showa 11 |
|---|---|
| Chinese zodiac | Year of the Rat |
| Age of people born in 1936 | Turn 90 in 2026 |
| Previous / next year | 1935 (Showa 10) ／ 1937 (Showa 12) |
| Events | 84 |
| AP World History | Unit 7 (Global Conflict) |
| AP U.S. History | Period 7 |
Famous people born in 1936
Our birthday pages list 566 people born in 1936. Here are some of them.
- Roger MillerBorn January 2 · turns 90 this year · Witty American country singer-songwriter known for "King of the Road" and the T…
- Alan AldaBorn January 28 · turns 90 this year · American actor, writer, and director best known as Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H an…
- Antonin ScaliaBorn March 11 · turns 90 this year · U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1986 to 2016, known for his originalist reading…
- Mario Vargas LlosaBorn March 28 · turns 90 this year · Peruvian novelist and essayist who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature and h…
- John MaddenBorn April 10 · turns 90 this year · Hall of Fame NFL coach who led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl title, then…
- Glen CampbellBorn April 22 · turns 90 this year · American country-pop singer and guitarist known for Wichita Lineman, Gentle on…
- Roy OrbisonBorn April 23 · turns 90 this year · American rock and roll singer-songwriter famed for his soaring voice and hits l…
- Bobby DarinBorn May 14 · turns 90 this year · American singer and actor whose hits included Splish Splash, Mack the Knife, an…
- Dennis HopperBorn May 17 · turns 90 this year · American actor and director who co-wrote, directed, and starred in Easy Rider,…
- Harmon KillebrewBorn June 29 · turns 90 this year · Hall of Fame baseball slugger nicknamed "Killer" who hit 573 home runs, mostly…
- Elizabeth DoleBorn July 29 · turns 90 this year · American public official who served in two presidential cabinets, led the Ameri…
- Robert RedfordBorn August 18 · turns 90 this year · American actor and director who starred in The Sting and founded the Sundance I…
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- Wilt ChamberlainBorn August 21 · turns 90 this year · American basketball star who scored 100 points in a single NBA game and won two…
- John McCainBorn August 29 · turns 90 this year · U.S. senator from Arizona, Vietnam War navy pilot, and the Republican president…
- Buddy HollyBorn September 7 · turns 90 this year · American rock and roll pioneer from Lubbock, Texas, known for "Peggy Sue" and "…
- Jim HensonBorn September 24 · turns 90 this year · American puppeteer and producer who created the Muppets, including Kermit the F…
- Pope FrancisBorn December 17 · turns 90 this year · Argentine Jesuit priest who became the 266th pope and the first pope from the A…
- Mary Tyler MooreBorn December 29 · turns 90 this year · American actress who starred in The Dick Van Dyke Show and her own landmark sit…
- Shigeo NagashimaBorn February 20 · turns 90 this year
- Masako NozawaBorn October 25 · turns 90 this year
- Yasuo FukudaBorn July 16 · turns 90 this year
- James SinegalBorn January 1 · turns 90 this year
- Florence KingBorn January 5 · turns 90 this year
- Terry LineenBorn January 5 · turns 90 this year
- Darlene HardBorn January 6 · turns 90 this year
- Julio María SanguinettiBorn January 6 · turns 90 this year
- Hunter DaviesBorn January 7 · turns 90 this year
- Robert May, Baron May of OxfordBorn January 8 · turns 90 this year
- K CallanBorn January 9 · turns 90 this year
- Marko VeselicaBorn January 9 · turns 90 this year
- Lucienne StassaertBorn January 10 · turns 90 this year
- Robert Woodrow WilsonBorn January 10 · turns 90 this year
- Stephen E. AmbroseBorn January 10 · turns 90 this year
- Eva HesseBorn January 11 · turns 90 this year
- Brajanath RathaBorn January 12 · turns 90 this year
- Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of EggardonBorn January 12 · turns 90 this year
- Mufti Mohammad SayeedBorn January 12 · turns 90 this year
- Raimonds PaulsBorn January 12 · turns 90 this year
- Renato BrusonBorn January 13 · turns 90 this year
- Clarence CarterBorn January 14 · turns 90 this year
Events of 1936 (timeline · 84)
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Kashf-e hijab decree is made and immediately enforced by Reza Shah, Iran's head of state, banning the wearing of Islamic veils in public.
The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Italian troops launch the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian defenders.
In the February 26 Incident, young nationalist Japanese military officers assassinate multiple cabinet statesmen and start a rebellion in downtown Tokyo, which is ended 3 days later.
Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh.
The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
Tupelo–Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals.
In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for ten hours.
Inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience of engineers at the FCC in Washington, DC.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appeals for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country.
A major breach of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell.
Spanish Civil War: An Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled.
The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia.
Spanish Civil War: The Popular Executive Committee of Valencia takes power in the Valencian Community.
In Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties.
Spanish Civil War: Germany and Italy decide to intervene in the war in support for Francisco Franco and the Nationalist faction.
King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the throne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics.
A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
The Great Purge of the Soviet Union begins when the first of the Moscow Trials is convened.
Spanish Civil War: Santander falls to the Nationalists and the Republican Interprovincial Council is dissolved.
Nazi Germany begins its mass arrests of Jehovah's Witnesses, who are interned in concentration camps.
The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.
Spanish Civil War: The Interprovincial Council of Asturias and León is established.
The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão mutiny against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declare their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium.
Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza.
Spanish Civil War: Lluis Companys reshuffles the Generalitat de Catalunya, with the marxist POUM and anarcho-syndicalist CNT joining the government.
American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.
Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat.
Spanish Civil War: Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
The Metropolitan Police and various anti-fascist organizations violently clash in the Battle of Cable Street.
Boulder Dam (later Hoover Dam) begins to generate electricity and transmit it to Los Angeles.
New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran.
Dod Orsborne, captain of the Girl Pat is convicted of its theft and imprisoned, having caused a media sensation when it went missing.
Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne.
The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government.
Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.
Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces.
Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
American fashion designer Ruth Harkness seeks and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; named Su Lin, he becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States.
José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation.
The Soviet Union adopts a new constitution and the Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Union Republic of the USSR.
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.
Spanish Civil War: The Spanish Republic legalizes the Regional Defence Council of Aragon.
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FAQ
What year was 1936 in the Japanese calendar?
1936 was Showa 11 in the Japanese era system.
What Chinese zodiac animal is 1936?
1936 is the Year of the Rat.
How old is someone born in 1936?
They turn 90 on their birthday in 2026.
What happened in 1936?
In 1936, young army officers staged the February 26 Incident, and Japan and Germany signed the Anti-Comintern Pact. At the Berlin Olympics, Maehata Hideko became the first Japanese woman to win a gold medal, and Germany remilitarized the Rhineland.
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