Events

Poor mother and children, Oklahoma, 1936 by Dorothea Lange

January–February

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 & ...

–

George V George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother ...

of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King

Edward VIII Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire and Emperor of India from 20 January 1 ...

. *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accession ...

– Britain's King George V state funeral takes place in London and Windsor. He is buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...

–

Radium Radium is a chemical element with the symbol Ra and atomic number 88. It is the sixth element in group 2 of the periodic table, also known as the alkaline earth metals. Pure radium is silvery-white, but it readily reacts with nitrogen (rat ...

E (bismuth-210) becomes the first

radioactive Radioactive decay (also known as nuclear decay, radioactivity, radioactive disintegration, or nuclear disintegration) is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by radiation. A material containing unstable nuclei is consi ...

element to be made synthetically. *

February 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop. 1601–1900 * 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death ...

– The IV Olympic Winter Games open in

Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Ob ...

, Germany. *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 *1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. * 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

– 19 –

Second Italo-Ethiopian War The Second Italo-Ethiopian War, also referred to as the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, was a war of aggression which was fought between Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Italy and Ethiopian Empire, Ethiopia from October 1935 to February 1937. In Ethio ...

: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the

Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historica ...

. *

February 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire. * 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of K ...

– 1936 Spanish general election: The left-wing

Popular Front A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault". More generally, it is "a coalition ...

coalition takes a majority. *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 * 747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is ...

– February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, ''Niniroku Jiken''): The

Imperial Way Faction The ''Kōdōha'' or was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and 1930s. The ''Kōdōha'' sought to establish a military government that promoted totalitarian, militaristic and aggressive expansionistic ideals ...

engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.

March–April

March 1 Events Pre-1600 * 509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Dioclet ...

– Construction of

Hoover Dam Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on S ...

is completed in the United States. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Co ...

– In violation of the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1 ...

and

Locarno Treaties The Locarno Treaties were seven agreements negotiated at Locarno, Switzerland, during 5 to 16 October 1925 and formally signed in London on 1 December, in which the First World War Western European Allied powers and the new states of Central a ...

Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

reoccupies the Rhineland.

Hitler Adolf Hitler (; 20 April 188930 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Nazi Germany, Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his death in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the le ...

and other Nazis later admit that the French army alone could have destroyed the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the '' Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previo ...

. *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 *141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. *1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. *1226 &ndas ...

– Pro-democratic militarist

Keisuke Okada was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, politician and Prime Minister of Japan from 1934 to 1936. Biography Early life Okada was born on 20 January 1868, in Fukui Prefecture, the son of a samurai of the Fukui Domain. He attended the 1 ...

steps down as

Prime Minister of Japan The prime minister of Japan ( Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: ''Naikaku Sōri-Daijin'') is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its Ministers of S ...

, and is replaced by radical militarist

Kōki Hirota was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1936 to 1937. Originally his name was . He was executed for war crimes committed during the Second Sino-Japanese War at the Tokyo Trials. Early life Hirota w ...

. *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 &ndash ...

– Austrian ski jumper

Josef Bradl Josef "Sepp" / "Bubi" Bradl (8 January 1918 – 3 March 1982) was an Austrian ski jumper who competed during the 1930s and 1950s. He was born in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria. Career on 15 March 1936, he became the first man in history to stan ...

set the world record at 101.5 metres (333 ft) on Bloudkova velikanka hill in Planica and became the first man in history, to stand jump over one hundred metres. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his ...

– A tornado hits

Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo () is a city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. With an estimated population of 38,300, Tupelo is the sixth-largest city in Mississippi and is considered a commercial, industrial, and cultural hub of North ...

, killing 216 people and injuring over 700 (the 4th deadliest tornado in U.S. history). *

April 15 Events Pre-1600 * 769 – The Lateran Council ends by condemning the Council of Hieria and anathematizing its iconoclastic rulings. * 1071 – Bari, the last Byzantine possession in southern Italy, is surrendered to Robert Guiscar ...

– The Tulkarm shooting begins the

1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine The 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine, later known as The Great Revolt (''al-Thawra al- Kubra'') or The Great Palestinian Revolt (''Thawrat Filastin al-Kubra''), was a popular nationalist uprising by Palestinian Arabs in Mandatory Palestine a ...

against the British government, and opposition to Jewish immigration.

May–June

* May 5 – ''

March of the Iron Will The March of the Iron Will () was an Italian Fascist propaganda event staged from 26 April to 5 May 1936, during the final days of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Its goal was to capture the Ethiopian capital in a show of force. A ...

'': Italian forces occupy

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

unopposed. * May 7 – Italy annexes

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

. *

May 9 Events Pre-1600 * 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria. * 1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy. *1386 – England and Portugal formally r ...

–

Italian East Africa Italian East Africa ( it, Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 through the merger of Italian Somalia, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire, conquered in the S ...

is formed from the Italian territories of

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopi ...

, and

Italian Somaliland Italian Somalia ( it, Somalia Italiana; ar, الصومال الإيطالي, Al-Sumal Al-Italiy; so, Dhulka Talyaaniga ee Soomaalida), was a protectorate and later colony of the Kingdom of Italy in present-day Somalia. Ruled in the 19th centu ...

. * May 12 – The Santa Fe railroad in the United States inaugurates the all-Pullman '' Super Chief'' passenger train, between

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...

and

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world ...

. * May 25 – The

Remington Rand strike of 1936–37 Remington may refer to: Organizations * Remington Arms, American firearms manufacturer * Remington Rand, American computer manufacturer * Remington Products, American manufacturer of shavers and haircare products * Remington College, American ...

begins, spawning the notorious '' Mohawk Valley formula'', a corporate plan for

strikebreaking A strikebreaker (sometimes called a scab, blackleg, or knobstick) is a person who works despite a strike. Strikebreakers are usually individuals who were not employed by the company before the trade union dispute but hired after or during the st ...

. *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. * 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– British luxury liner leaves

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. * June 15 – An army ammunition depot explosion kills 63 people in Männiku,

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, an ...

. * June 19 –

Max Schmeling Maximilian Adolph Otto Siegfried Schmeling (, ; 28 September 1905 – 2 February 2005) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of the world between 1930 and 1932. His two fights with Joe Louis in 1936 and 1938 were worldwide cultural ev ...

knocks out

Joe Louis Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951. Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential boxers of all time. He re ...

in the 12th round of their

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the W ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

match, at

Yankee Stadium Yankee Stadium is a baseball stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It is the home field of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, and New York City FC of Major League Soccer. Opened in April 2009, the stadium replaced the orig ...

in New York City. * June 19 –

Per Albin Hansson Per Albin Hansson (28 October 1885 – 6 October 1946) was a Swedish politician, chairman of the Social Democrats from 1925 and two-time Prime Minister in four governments between 1932 and 1946, governing all that period save for a short-liv ...

resigns as

Prime Minister of Sweden The prime minister ( sv, statsminister ; literally translating to "Minister of State") is the head of government of Sweden. The prime minister and their cabinet (the government) exercise executive authority in the Kingdom of Sweden and are su ...

, over the issue of defence policy. He is replaced by the leader of the Farmer's League (''Bondeförbundet'') Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, who also becomes Minister of Agriculture. * June 19 – The total solar eclipse of June 19, 1936 is visible in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Japan. It is part of

Solar Saros 126 Saros cycle series 126 for solar eclipse A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring the view of the Sun from a small part of the Earth, totally or partially. Such an alignment occurs during an ...

;

Gamma Gamma (uppercase , lowercase ; ''gámma'') is the third letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals it has a value of 3. In Ancient Greek, the letter gamma represented a voiced velar stop . In Modern Greek, this letter r ...

is a value of 0.53889. * June 26 – Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first fully controllable

helicopter A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attribu ...

, makes its maiden flight.

July–August

July 4 Events Pre-1600 *362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans. * 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaimed ...

– First publication recognizing

stress Stress may refer to: Science and medicine * Stress (biology), an organism's response to a stressor such as an environmental condition * Stress (linguistics), relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase ...

as a biological condition. * July 17 – The Spanish Army of Africa launches a ''coup d'état'' against the

Second Spanish Republic The Spanish Republic (), commonly known as the Second Spanish Republic (), was the form of government in Spain from 1931 to 1939. The Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931, after the deposition of King Alfonso XIII, and was dissolved on 1 ...

, beginning the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...

. * July 20 – The

Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits The (Montreux) Convention regarding the Regime of the Straits, often known simply as the Montreux Convention, is an international agreement governing the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits in Turkey. Signed on 20 July 1936 at the Montreux Palace ...

is signed in

Montreux Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima ...

, allowing

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

to fortify the Dardanelles and the

Bosphorus The Bosporus Strait (; grc, Βόσπορος ; tr, İstanbul Boğazı 'Istanbul strait', colloquially ''Boğaz'') or Bosphorus Strait is a natural strait and an internationally significant waterway located in Istanbul in northwestern Tu ...

, but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. * August 1 – The

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-s ...

open in Berlin, Germany, and mark the first live television coverage of an international sports event in world history (

John Logie Baird John Logie Baird FRSE (; 13 August 188814 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator who demonstrated the world's first live working television system on 26 January 1926. He went on to invent the first publicly dem ...

had previously broadcast the Derby horse race in Britain in 1931). * August 3 –

African-American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...

athlete

Jesse Owens James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913March 31, 1980) was an American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games. Owens specialized in the sprints and the long jump and was recognized in his lif ...

wins the 100-meter dash. * August 4 – A self-coup is staged by Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas, marking the beginning of the authoritarian

4th of August Regime The 4th of August Regime ( el, Καθεστώς της 4ης Αυγούστου, Kathestós tis tetártis Avgoústou), commonly also known as the Metaxas regime (, ''Kathestós Metaxá''), was a totalitarian regime under the leadership of Gener ...

, which will rule Greece until the Axis occupation of Greece in

1941 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January–August – 10,072 men, women and children with mental and physical disabilities are asphyxiated with carbon monoxide in a gas chamber, at Hadamar E ...

. * August 26 – The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.

September–October

September 4 Events Pre-1600 * 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire. * 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne ove ...

– 5 – English-born aviator

Beryl Markham Beryl Markham (née Clutterbuck; 26 October 1902 – 3 August 1986) was a Kenyan aviator born in England (one of the first bush pilots), adventurer, racehorse trainer and author. She was the first person to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlant ...

becomes the first woman to make an east-to-west solo

transatlantic flight A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa, South Asia, or the Middle East to North America, Central America, or South America, or ''vice versa''. Such flights have been made by fixed-wing air ...

, from

Abingdon-on-Thames Abingdon-on-Thames ( ), commonly known as Abingdon, is a historic market town and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England, on the River Thames. Historically the county town of Berkshire, since 1974 Abingdon has been ...

, England, to Baleine, Nova Scotia. * September 5 –

Robert Capa Robert Capa (born Endre Ernő Friedmann; October 22, 1913 – May 25, 1954) was a Hungarian-American war photographer and photojournalist as well as the companion and professional partner of photographer Gerda Taro. He is considered by some to b ...

's photograph ''

The Falling Soldier ''The Falling Soldier'' (full title: ''Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death, Cerro Muriano, September 5, 1936'') is a black and white photograph by Robert Capa, claimed to have been taken on Saturday, September 5, 1936. It was said to depic ...

'' is taken. * September 7 – The last known

thylacine The thylacine ( , or , also ) (''Thylacinus cynocephalus'') is an extinct carnivorous marsupial that was native to the Australian mainland and the islands of Tasmania and New Guinea. The last known live animal was captured in 1930 in Tasma ...

("Tasmanian tiger"), named Benjamin, dies in Hobart Zoo in

Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...

. * September 9 ** 1936 Naval Revolt (Portugal): The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP ''Afonso de Albuquerque'' and destroyer ''Dão'' mutiny while anchored in Lisbon Harbour. Opposed to the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup in Spain, they declare their solidarity with the

. **The Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence is signed. * September 10 – The first

World Speedway Championship The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest-ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world, run under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). The first official championsh ...

is held at

Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...

in London, England. It is won by Australian

Lionel Van Praag Lionel Maurice Van Praag, GM (17 December 1908 – 15 May 1987) was an Australian motorcycle speedway champion, who won the inaugural Speedway World Championship in London on 10 September 1936. Van Praag's victory saw him established as Austra ...

, with Englishman Eric Langton second and Australian Bluey Wilkinson third. * September 13, in response to a

polio Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 70% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe sy ...

outbreak,

Chicago Public Schools Chicago Public Schools (CPS), officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, in Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest school district in the United States, after New York and Los Angeles. ...

launches a distance education program which constitutes the first large-scale use of radio broadcasts to facilitate

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

September 28 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Pompey disembarks at Pelusium upon arriving in Egypt, whereupon he is assassinated by order of King Ptolemy XIII. * 235 – Pope Pontian resigns. He is exiled to the mines of Sardinia, along with Hippolytu ...

– After the election to the Swedish Riksdag's second chamber, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp and his "Holiday Cabinet" ("''Semesterregeringen''") resign (though he remains as Minister of Agriculture) and

returns as Prime Minister, staying in office until his death from a heart attack in

1946 Events January * January 6 - The first general election ever in Vietnam is held. * January 7 – The Allies recognize the Austrian republic with its 1937 borders, and divide the country into four occupation zones. * January 10 ** The ...

. *

October October is the tenth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the sixth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. The eighth month in the old calendar of Romulus , October retained its name (from Latin and Greek ''ôct ...

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...

Great Purge The Great Purge or the Great Terror (russian: Большой террор), also known as the Year of '37 (russian: 37-й год, translit=Tridtsat sedmoi god, label=none) and the Yezhovshchina ('period of Yezhov'), was Soviet General Secreta ...

begins in the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

. ** The

Mästermyr chest The Mästermyr chest is a Viking Age (793–1066) tool chest found in the Mästermyr mire west of Hemse on the island of Gotland, Sweden. It is the largest tool find from that era in Europe. History During the Viking Age the area where Mäste ...

is discovered in the Mästermyr mire (after which it is later named), west of

Hemse Hemse is a locality situated on the Swedish island of Gotland with 1,700 inhabitants in 2014. It is the second largest locality (after Visby) on the island. Hemse is the main center of population in the southern part of the island, and it is kn ...

, on the island of

Gotland Gotland (, ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a province, county, municipality, and diocese. The province includes the islands of Fårö and Gotska Sandön to ...

, Sweden. * October 19 – H.R. Ekins, reporter for the '' New York World-Telegram'', wins a race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights, beating

Dorothy Kilgallen Dorothy Mae Kilgallen (July 3, 1913 – November 8, 1965) was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career shortly before her 18th birth ...

of the ''

New York Journal :''Includes coverage of New York Journal-American and its predecessors New York Journal, The Journal, New York American and New York Evening Journal'' The ''New York Journal-American'' was a daily newspaper published in New York City from 1937 t ...

'' and Leo Kieran of ''

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''. The flight takes 18 days. *

October 25 Events Pre-1600 * 285 (or 286) – Execution of Saints Crispin and Crispinian during the reign of Diocletian, now the patron saints of leather workers, curriers, and shoemakers. * 473 – Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II ...

– The Rome-Berlin Axis is formed.

November–December

* November 2 ** The BBC launches the world's first regular television service in high-definition (according to contemporary standards). ** The

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the governmen ...

(CBC) begins

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a tr ...

in Canada. * November 3 –

1936 United States presidential election The 1936 United States presidential election was the 38th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 3, 1936. In the midst of the Great Depression, incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Gov ...

: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term, in a landslide victory over

Kansas Kansas () is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern United States. Its Capital city, capital is Topeka, Kansas, Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita, Kansas, Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebras ...

Governor Alf Landon; farmers support Roosevelt. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settleme ...

– American fashion designer

Ruth Harkness Ruth Elizabeth Harkness (21 September 1900 - 20 July 1947) was an American fashion designer and socialite who traveled to China in 1936 and brought out the first live giant panda to the United States - not in a cage or on a leash, but wrapped in ...

encounters and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan, China; it becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States. * November 12 – In

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the m ...

, the

San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, known locally as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California. As part of Interstate 80 and the direct road between San Francisco and Oakland, it carries about 260,000 ...

opens to traffic. *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henr ...

– A levee failure and continued massive rain at the

Mitsubishi The is a group of autonomous Japanese multinational companies in a variety of industries. Founded by Yatarō Iwasaki in 1870, the Mitsubishi Group historically descended from the Mitsubishi zaibatsu, a unified company which existed from 1870 ...

Osarizawa mine,

Kazuno is a city located in Akita Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 30.715, and a population density of 43 persons per km² in 12.970 households. The total area of the city is . Geography Kazuno is located in a valley in the ...

, northeastern

Akita is a Japanese name and may refer to: Places * 8182 Akita, a main-belt asteroid * Akita Castle, a Nara period fortified settlement in Akita, Japan * Akita Domain, also known as Kubota Domain, feudal domain in Edo period Japan * Akita, Kumamoto ...

, Japan, results in at least 375 deaths. * November 23 –

Cover date The cover date of a periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing. More unu ...

of the first issue of ''

Life Life is a quality that distinguishes matter that has biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from that which does not, and is defined by the capacity for growth, reaction to stimuli, metabolism, energy ...

'', a weekly news magazine launched in the United States under the management of

Henry Luce Henry Robinson Luce (April 3, 1898 – February 28, 1967) was an American magazine magnate who founded ''Time'', ''Life'', ''Fortune'', and ''Sports Illustrated'' magazine. He has been called "the most influential private citizen in the America ...

. *

November 25 Events Pre-1600 *571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates the first of his three triumphs for his victory over the Etruscans. * 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethó ...

– The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan. * November 30 – A spectacular fire destroys

The Crystal Palace The Crystal Palace was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than 14,000 exhibit ...

in London, originally built for the 1851

Great Exhibition The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition which took pl ...

. * December 3 – Radio station WQXR is officially founded in New York City. *

December 5 Events Pre-1600 * 63 BC – Cicero gives the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. * 633 – Fourth Council of Toledo opens, presided over by Isidore of Seville. * 1033 – The Jordan Rift Valley earthquake destroys multipl ...

– The

1936 Soviet Constitution Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

, promulgated by Stalin, is adopted in the

. The

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , conventional_long_name = Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic , common_name = Transcaucasian SFSR , p1 = Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicArmenian SSR , flag_p1 = Flag of SSRA ...

is dissolved, and

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''O ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

, and

Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the ...

become full

Republics of the Soviet Union The Republics of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics or the Union Republics ( rus, Сою́зные Респу́блики, r=Soyúznye Respúbliki) were National delimitation in the Soviet Union, national-based administrative units of ...

. * December 7 – Streptococcous

meningitis Meningitis is acute or chronic inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, collectively called the meninges. The most common symptoms are fever, headache, and neck stiffness. Other symptoms include confusion or ...

(a condition previously 99% fatal) is successfully treated for the first time with a

sulfonamide In organic chemistry, the sulfonamide functional group (also spelled sulphonamide) is an organosulfur group with the structure . It consists of a sulfonyl group () connected to an amine group (). Relatively speaking this group is unreactive. ...

. * December 10 – Edward VIII abdication crisis: King

of the United Kingdom signs an instrument of abdication at Fort Belvedere, Surrey in the presence of his three brothers,

The Duke of York Duke of York is a title of nobility in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since the 15th century, it has, when granted, usually been given to the second son of English (later British) monarchs. The equivalent title in the Scottish peerage was Du ...

, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent. * December 11 ** Edward VIII abdication crisis: The British Parliament passes His Majesty's Declaration of Abdication Act 1936 on behalf of the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The King performs his last act as sovereign by giving

Royal Assent Royal assent is the method by which a monarch formally approves an act of the legislature, either directly or through an official acting on the monarch's behalf. In some jurisdictions, royal assent is equivalent to promulgation, while in oth ...

to the Act, and his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York, becomes King, reigning as

King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of In ...

. The abdicated King, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate, and leaves the country for Austria. ** Taking the opportunity to free itself further from ties to the United Kingdom, the

Oireachtas of the Irish Free State The Oireachtas of the Irish Free State ( ga, Oireachtas Shaorstát Éireann) was the legislature of the Irish Free State from 1922 until 1937. It was established by the 1922 Constitution of Ireland which was based from the Anglo-Irish Treaty. ...

passes the Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936, removing most powers from the office of

Governor-General of the Irish Free State The Governor-General of the Irish Free State ( ga, Seanascal Shaorstát Éireann) was the official representative of the sovereign of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1936. By convention, the office was largely ceremonial. Nonetheless, it wa ...

, and the

Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 The Executive Authority (External Relations) Act 1936 (No. 58 of 1936) was an Act of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). The Act, which was signed into law on 12 December 1936, was one of two passed hurriedly in the aftermath of the Edward VIII ...

(signed into law December 12), assenting to the abdication and restricting the power of the monarch in relation to Ireland to international affairs. * December 12 – Xi'an Incident: Generalissimo

Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...

of the Republic of China is kidnapped by Marshal Zhang Xueliang. * December 24 – The first filmed Russian opera, ''

Natalka Poltavka ''Natalka Poltavka'' ( uk, Наталка Полтавка, ) is a Ukrainian play written by Ivan Kotlyarevsky. The Opera in 2 acts, ''Natalka Poltavka'', was the last scheduled performance by The Kyiv Opera Company at the National Opera House ...

'', is released in

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inva ...

Date unknown

* West China

Famine A famine is a widespread scarcity of food, caused by several factors including war, natural disasters, crop failure, population imbalance, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies. This phenomenon is usually accompan ...

: An estimated five million people die. *

Nestlé Nestlé S.A. (; ; ) is a Switzerland, Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. It is the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other me ...

introduce the white chocolate Milkybar (called Galak in Continental Europe and elsewhere).

Births

January

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire ...

–

Roger Miller Roger Dean Miller Sr. (January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American singer-songwriter, widely known for his honky-tonk-influenced novelty songs and his chart-topping country and pop hits " King of the Road", " Dang Me", and "Eng ...

, American singer, songwriter, musician and actor (d.

1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment building in Amsterdam after two of its engin ...

) *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

** Darlene Hard, American tennis player (d.

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

) ** Alejandro Maldonado, Guatemalan politician ** Julio María Sanguinetti, 2-time President of Uruguay *

January 8 Events Pre-1600 * 307 – Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying. * 871 – Æthelred I and Alfred the Great lead a West Saxon army to repel an inv ...

– Robert May, Australian scientist (d. 2020) *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...

** Stephen E. Ambrose, American historian and biographer (d.

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

) ** Robert Wilson, American physicist, radio astronomer, and

Nobel Nobel often refers to: *Nobel Prize, awarded annually since 1901, from the bequest of Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel Nobel may also refer to: Companies *AkzoNobel, the result of the merger between Akzo and Nobel Industries in 1994 *Branobel, or ...

laureate *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muha ...

– Eva Hesse, American artist (d. 1970) *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. * 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already rei ...

– Émile Lahoud, 15th President of Lebanon *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written c ...

–

Reiner Klimke Reiner Klimke (; 14 January 1936 – 17 August 1999) was a German equestrian, who won six gold and two bronze medals in dressage at the Summer Olympics — a record for equestrian events that has since been surpassed. He appeared in six Oly ...

, German equestrian (d.

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

) *

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender a ...

–

Ziaur Rahman Lt. General Ziaur Rahman (19 January 1936 – 30 May 1981), was a Bangladeshi military officer and politician who served as the President of Bangladesh from 1977 to 1981. He was assassinated on 30 May 1981 in Chittagong in an army coup ...

, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981) *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw ...

Alan J. Heeger Alan Jay Heeger (born January 22, 1936) is an American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry. Heegar was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 for co-founding the field of conducting polymers a ...

, American physicist ** Ong Teng Cheong, 5th President of Singapore (d.

) *

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...

– Diana Hyland, American actress (d. 1977) *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to bec ...

Barry Barish Barry Clark Barish (born January 27, 1936) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Laureate. He is a Linde Professor of Physics, emeritus at California Institute of Technology and a leading expert on gravitational waves. In 2017, Ba ...

, American gravitational physicist, Nobel laureate ** Troy Donahue, American actor (d.

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...

) ** Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist *

** Waldyr Boccardo, Brazilian basketball player (d.

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) **

Alan Alda Alan Alda (; born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, screenwriter, and director. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is best known for playing Captain Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce in the war come ...

, American actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and author ** Ismail Kadare, Albanian writer

February

Jim Brown at LBJ Foundation 2014 (cropped)

February 3 Events Pre-1600 *1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. * 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. * 1488 – ...

– Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer *

–

David Brenner David Norris Brenner (February 4, 1936 – March 15, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor and author. The most frequent guest on '' The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in the 1970s and 1980s, Brenner "was a pioneer of obser ...

, American actor and comedian (d.

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...

) *

** Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player, coach (d.

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...

) **

Stompin' Tom Connors Charles Thomas "Stompin' Tom" Connors, OC (February 9, 1936 – March 6, 2013) was a Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter. Focusing his career exclusively on his native Canada, he is credited with writing more than 300 songs and has re ...

, Canadian country and folk singer-songwriter (d.

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

) *

February 9 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland. *1539 – The first recorded race is held ...

– Clive Swift, British actor (d.

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

) *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

–

Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as ' ...

, American actor, director and producer (d.

) *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis t ...

–

Anna German Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer, immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s–1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several ...

, Polish singer (d.

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

) *

– Carl Icahn, American businessman, investor and philanthropist *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

–

Jim Brown James Nathaniel Brown (born February 17, 1936) is a former American football player, sports analyst and actor. He played as a fullback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) from 1957 through 1965. Considered to be one ...

, African-American football player and actor *

February 21 Events Pre-1600 *452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. * 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. *1440 – The Pru ...

– Barbara Jordan, African-American lawyer, educator, politician and civil rights activist (d.

1996 File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone o ...

) *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * ...

—

Carol D'Onofrio Carol D'Onofrio (February 24, 1936 – April 14, 2020) was an American public health researcher who was Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health. Her career focused on improving the health of underse ...

, American public health researcher (d. 2020) *

– Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician, writer (d.

) * February 29 **

Alex Rocco Alex Rocco (born Alessandro Federico Petricone Jr.; February 29, 1936 – July 18, 2015) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive, gravelly voice, he was often cast as villains, including Moe Greene in ''The Godfather'' (1972) and his Pr ...

, American actor (d.

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the April ...

) **

Jack Lousma Jack Robert Lousma (born February 29, 1936) is an American astronaut, aeronautical engineer, retired United States Marine Corps officer, former naval aviator, NASA astronaut, and politician. He was a member of the second crew, Skylab-3, on t ...

, American astronaut and politician **

Henri Richard Joseph Henri Richard (February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" aft ...

, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2020)

March

March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a ...

Jim Clark James Clark Jr. OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. A versatile driver, he competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianap ...

, Scottish race car driver (d.

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

) ** Kim Yong-chun, North Korean soldier, politician (d.

) **

Aribert Reimann Aribert Reimann (born 4 March 1936) is a German composer, pianist and accompanist, known especially for his literary operas. His version of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', the opera ''Lear'', was written at the suggestion of Dietrich Fischer-Dieska ...

, German composer *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. *1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern j ...

** Canaan Banana, 1st President of Zimbabwe (d.

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...

) ** Dean Stockwell, American actor (d.

) *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 * 12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 & ...

** Marion Barry, African-American civil rights activist and politician (d.

) ** Choummaly Sayasone, 5th President of Laos *

** Loren Acton, American astronaut ** Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bolivian cardinal (d.

) *

–

Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley (March 9, 1936 – May 7, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 19 ...

, American country singer (d. 2022) *

March 10 Events Pre-1600 * 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. * 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa and makes a ...

–

Sepp Blatter Joseph "Sepp" Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015. He has been banned from participating in FIFA activities since 2015 as a result o ...

, Swiss sports administrator, president of

FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was found ...

* March 11 **

Harald zur Hausen Harald zur Hausen NAS EASA APS (; born 11 March 1936) is a German virologist and professor emeritus. He has done research on cervical cancer and discovered the role of papilloma viruses in cervical cancer, for which he received the Nobel ...

, German virologist **

Takis Mousafiris Takis Mousafiris ( el, Τάκης Μουσαφίρης; 1936 – 11 March 2021) was a Greek composer, lyricist and songwriter. He collaborated with several notable Greek singers such as Stratos Dionysiou, Dimitris Mitropanos, Rita Sakellariou ...

, Greek composer and songwriter **

Antonin Scalia Antonin Gregory Scalia (; March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectu ...

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States An associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is any member of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the chief justice of the United States. The number of associate justices is eight, as set by the Judiciary Act of ...

(d.

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

) *

March 13 Events Pre-1600 * 624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. *1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. *1591 – At the Battle of Ton ...

– Mónica Miguel, Mexican actress, director and singer (d. 2020) *

March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...

–

Ken Mattingly Thomas Kenneth Mattingly II (born March 17, 1936) is an American former aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, rear admiral in the United States Navy and astronaut who flew on the Apollo 16, STS-4 and STS-51-C missions. Mattingly had b ...

, American astronaut * March 18 –

F. W. de Klerk Frederik Willem de Klerk (, , 18 March 1936 – 11 November 2021) was a South African politician who served as state president of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as deputy president from 1994 to 1996 in the democratic government. As South ...

, 7th and last

State President of South Africa The State President of the Republic of South Africa ( af, Staatspresident) was the head of state of South Africa from 1961 to 1994. The office was established when the country became a republic on 31 May 1961, albeit, outside the Commonweal ...

(d.

) * March 19 **

Ursula Andress Ursula Andress (born 19 March 1936) is a Swiss-German actress, former model and sex symbol who has appeared in American, British and Italian films. Her breakthrough role was as Bond girl Honey Ryder in the first James Bond film, '' Dr. No'' (1962 ...

, Swiss actress **

Uri Aviram Uri Aviram ( he, אורי אבירם; born March 19, 1936 in Haifa) is Zena Harman Professor Emeritus of Social Work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In January 2016 he was appointed as the Dean of the School of social and community Science ...

, Israeli university professor *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...

–

Lee "Scratch" Perry Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry; 20 March 1936 – 29 August 2021) was a Jamaican record producer, composer and singer noted for his innovative studio techniques and production style. Perry was a pioneer in the 1970s development o ...

, Jamaican musician (d.

) * March 21 –

Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi ( fa, سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی, March 21, 1936 — May 17, 2018) was an Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician who served as member of the Parliament of Iran from 2004 to 2008, represe ...

, Iranian politician (d.

) * March 27 – Banwari Lal Joshi, Indian politician (d.

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

) *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didiu ...

** Bill Gaither, American musician **

Mario Vargas Llosa Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa (born 28 March 1936), more commonly known as Mario Vargas Llosa (, ), is a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist and former politician, who also holds Spanish citizenship. Vargas Ll ...

, Peruvian writer, politician, journalist and essayist, Nobel Prize laureate ** Amancio Ortega Gaona, Spanish business tycoon

April

April 1 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held. * 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. *1081 – Alexios I Ko ...

** Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, 2-time President of Switzerland (d. 1998) ** Leo Posada, Cuban baseball player (d. 2022) * April 7 – Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav princess, Serbian princess, Serbian presidential candidate *

April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...

** Valerie Solanas, American feminist writer who attempted to kill

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

(d. 1988) ** Ferdinando Imposimato, Italian judge (d.

) *

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

– Charles Napier, American character actor (d.

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...

) *

April 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...

– Choi In-hun, South Korean writer (d.

) *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor O ...

– Dilbagh Singh Kler, Malaysian Olympic athlete (d.

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

) *

** Pen Sovan, Cambodian politician (d.

) ** Raymond Poulidor, French road-bicycle racer（d.

） *

April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. * 1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Has ...

– Urs Wild, Swiss chemist * April 20 – Alfonso, Duke of Anjou and Cádiz (d.

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxo ...

) * April 22 – Glen Campbell, American singer and actor (d.

) *

April 23 Events Pre-1600 *215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene. * 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in sout ...

–

Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...

, American singer, songwriter (''

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'') (d. 1988) *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). *1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

Akwasi Afrifa Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa Born (24 April 1936 – 26 June 1979) was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government in 1969 and then chairman ...

, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (d. 1979) ** Jill Ireland, English actress (d.

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicis ...

) * April 28 –

Tariq Aziz Tariq Aziz ( ar, طارق عزيز , 28 April 1936 – 5 June 2015) was an Iraqi politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein. Their association began in the 1950s w ...

, Iraqi politician (d.

) * April 29 –

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, (born 29 April 1936) is a British peer, investment banker and a member of the Rothschild banking family. Now mostly retired, he has held many important roles in business, finance ...

, British financier and aristocrat

May

* May 1 – Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (d.

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro votes to declare independence from Serbia; The 2006 ...

) *

May 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...

** Norma Aleandro, Argentinian actress ** Engelbert Humperdinck (b. Arnold George Dorsey), British singer *

May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus ar ...

– El Cordobés, Spanish matador * May 5 – Trần Đức Lương, 5th President of Vietnam * May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin, African-American singer (d.

) *

Albert Finney Albert Finney (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with '' The Entertainer'' (1960 ...

, English actor (d.

) ** Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician * May 12 ** Klaus Doldinger, German musician **

Guillermo Endara Guillermo David Endara Galimany (May 12, 1936 – September 28, 2009) was a Panamanian politician who served as the President of Panama from 1989 to 1994. Raised in a family allied to Panameñista Party founder Arnulfo Arias, Endara attended s ...

, 32nd

President of Panama This article lists the heads of state of Panama since the short-lived first independence from the Republic of New Granada in 1840 and the final separation from Colombia in 1903. Free State of the Isthmus (1840–1841) Republic of Panama ...

(1989–1994) (d.

) * May 13 –

Rafael Campos Rafael Campos (13 May 1936 – 9 July 1985) was an actor from the Dominican Republic whose credits include ''Blackboard Jungle'' (1955), '' Dino'' (1957), ''The Light in the Forest'' (1958), ''Slumber Party '57'' (1976), ''The Astro-Zombies'' (19 ...

, Dominican actor (d.

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

) *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. *1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. * 1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and f ...

– Bobby Darin, American singer (d. 1973) *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1 ...

** Philippe de Montebello, art exhibitionist **

Karl Lehmann Karl Lehmann (16 May 1936 – 11 March 2018) was a German Cardinal prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mainz from 1983 to 2016, being elevated to Cardinal in 2001. He also served as Chairman of the Conference of the Germ ...

, German Catholic cardinal (d.

) * May 17 –

Dennis Hopper Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in '' Giant'' (1956). In the next ten year ...

, American actor and director (d.

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

) *

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...

Nickey Iyambo Nickey Iyambo (20 May 1936 – 19 May 2019) was a Namibian politician and physician who served as the first Vice President of Namibia. A member of SWAPO, Iyambo was a member of the Cabinet of Namibia since independence in March 1990. He was the ...

, Namibian politician, 1st

Vice-President of Namibia The vice-president of Namibia serves as the acting President of Namibia when the President is outside the country's borders, unable to fulfill the duties of the office, or when the Presidency is vacant. The Vice-President is also a member of t ...

(d.

) ** Antanas Vaupšas, Lithuanian athlete (d.

) * May 21 –

Günter Blobel Günter Blobel (; May 21, 1936 – February 18, 2018) was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in ...

, German-American biologist, academic and

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

laureate (d.

) * May 23 – Charles Kimbrough, American actor * May 25 –

Tom T. Hall Thomas Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021), known professionally as Tom T. Hall and informally nicknamed "the Storyteller," was an American country music singer-songwriter and short-story author. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more ...

, American country singer-songwriter (d.

) *

– Louis Gossett Jr., African-American actor

June

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* June 2 – Volodymyr Holubnychy, Soviet Olympic athlete (d.

) *

June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depo ...

– Colin Meads, New Zealand rugby union player (d.

) * June 4 **

Bruce Dern Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an American actor. He has often played supporting villainous characters of unstable natures. He has received several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Silver ...

, American actor ** Nutan Samarth, Indian actress (d.

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

) *

June 8 Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

** James Darren, American actor and singer ** Kenneth G. Wilson, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist (d.

) * June 15 –

William Levada William Joseph Levada (June 15, 1936September 26, 2019) was an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. From May 2005 until June 2012, he served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope Benedict XVI; he was the h ...

, American cardinal (d.

) *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...

– Ken Loach, British film director * June 18 ** Denny Hulme, New Zealand racing driver (d.

) ** Barack Obama Sr., Kenyan economist (d.

) * June 19 –

Takeshi Aono was a Japanese actor, voice actor and narrator from Asahikawa, Hokkaidō. He was attached to Aoni Production at the time of his death. He graduated from Hokkaidō Asahikawa Higashi High School. Career Aono was most known for the roles of Shi ...

, Japanese actor (d.

) * June 22 **

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are " Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and " Help Me Make It Through the ...

, American actor, singer and songwriter ** Izatullo Khayoyev, 1st Prime Minister of Tajikistan (d.

) **

Ferran Olivella Ferran Olivella Pons (born 22 June 1936) is a Spanish former footballer who played as a defender. Club career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Olivella joined FC Barcelona's youth ranks at the age of 17. He started playing as a senior with neighbo ...

, Spanish footballer ** Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist *

June 23 Events Pre-1600 * 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu. *1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Republic of Venice, Venetians defeat a larger Republic of Genoa, Genoese fleet, capturing all its s ...

– Costas Simitis, Greek politician, 78th

Prime Minister of Greece The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic ( el, Πρωθυπουργός της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας, Prothypourgós tis Ellinikís Dimokratías), colloquially referred to as the prime minister of Greece ( el, Πρωθυ� ...

* June 25 – B. J. Habibie, Indonesian politician, 3rd

President of Indonesia The President of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Presiden Republik Indonesia) is both the head of state and the head of government of the Republic of Indonesia. The president leads the executive branch of the Indonesian government an ...

(d.

) * June 26 ** Hal Greer, African-American professional basketball player (d.

) ** Lee Ming-liang, Taiwanese geneticist **

Jean-Claude Turcotte Jean-Claude Turcotte () (26 June 1936 – 8 April 2015) was a Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal. Upon his elevation into the cardinalate he was made the Cardinal-Priest of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament and the Holy Canadian Martyrs. He wa ...

, Canadian cardinal (d.

) * June 27 **

Geneviève Fontanel Geneviève Fontanel (27 June 1936 – 17 March 2018) was a French stage and film actress. She was nominated for the César Awards 1978 for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' L'Homme qui aimait les femmes''. She was a member of the Com� ...

, French stage, film actress (d.

) ** Joe Doyle, Irish politician (d.

) *

June 28 Events Pre-1600 * 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch. * 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II. * 1461 – ...

–

Leon O. Chua Leon Ong Chua (; ; born June 28, 1936) is an American electrical engineer and computer scientist. He is a professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department at the University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1971. ...

, American electrical engineer and computer scientist *

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. *1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. *1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, ...

** David Jenkins, American figure skater ** Eddie Mabo, Australian Indigenous rights activist (d.

) **

Kigeli V of Rwanda Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa; 29 June 1936 – 16 October 2016) was the last ruling King (''Mwami'') of Rwanda, from 28 July 1959 until the end of the UN-mandate with Belgian administration and the declaration of an indepen ...

, last king of Rwanda (d.

) *

June 30 Events Pre-1600 * 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy. * 763 – The Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. * 1422 – Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan ...

– Assia Djebar, Algerian writer (d.

)

July

July 1 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor. * 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and th ...

** Mihir Rakshit, Indian economist ** E. Ponnuswamy, Indian politician ** Antonio Salines, Italian actor and director (d.

) *

–

Günter Vetter Günter Vetter (4 July 1936 – 6 October 2022) was an Austrian stonemason and politician who served as the Vorarlberg for Trade, Road Construction, Building Construction, and Tourism from 1984 until 1989. A member of the Austrian People's Part ...

, Austrian politician (d. 2022) * July 5 ** Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (d. 2020) ** Shirley Knight, American actress (d. 2020) ** Sir James Mirrlees, Scottish-born economist, winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (d.

) *

July 7 Events Pre-1600 * 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. * 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish ''conquistad ...

** Hammoudi Al-Harithi, Iraqi actor **

Anatoly Kirov Anatoly Nikolayevich Kirov (russian: Анатолий Николаевич Киров; born 7 July 1936) is a retired Soviet heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the Soviet title in 1956, 1958 and 1961 and a European title in 1962.

, Soviet wrestler *

July 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1099 – Some 15,000 starving Christian soldiers begin the siege of Jerusalem by marching in a religious procession around the city as its Muslim defenders watch. *1283 – Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese ...

– Johan Du Preez, Rhodesian-Zimbabwean sprinter *

July 14 Events Pre-1600 * 982 – King Otto II and his Frankish army are defeated by the Muslim army of al-Qasim at Cape Colonna, Southern Italy. *1223 – Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II. *1420 ...

–

Marisa Allasio Countess Marisa Allasio (born Maria Luisa Lucia Allasio; 14 July 1934) is a retired Italian actress of the 1950s. She appeared in nearly 20 films between 1952 and 1957. She was considered a typical sex symbol during her film career, which she a ...

, Italian actress * July 16 ** Miria Obote, former First Lady of Uganda **

Venkataraman Subramanya Venkataraman Subramanya (born 16 July 1936) is a former Indian cricketer who played in nine Test matches from 1965 to 1968. He was an aggressive middle order batsman, who captained Mysore for some years, and a useful leg-spin bowler. He later ...

, Indian cricketer ** Leo Sterckx, Belgian cyclist ** Yasuo Fukuda, 58th

July 18 Events Pre-1600 *477 BC – Battle of the Cremera as part of the Roman–Etruscan Wars. Veii ambushes and defeats the Roman army. *387 BC – Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia: A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, lead ...

– Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player *

July 26 Events Pre-1600 * 657 – First Fitna: In the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I. * 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriou ...

– Neelu, Indian actor (d.

) *

July 30 Events Pre-1600 * 762 – Baghdad is founded. * 1419 – First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council. * 1502 – Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Is ...

** Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz, Spanish royal (d. 2020) ** Buddy Guy, African-American blues singer and guitarist

August

* August 1 ** Yves Saint Laurent, Algerian-born French fashion designer (d.

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

) **

Chadlia Fahrat Essebsi Chadlia Saïda Farhat Essebsi ( ar, شاذلية سعيدة فرحات السبسي; 1 August 1936 – 15 September 2019) was the First Lady of Tunisia (2014–2019) as the wife of President Beji Caid Essebsi. She was Tunisia's fifth first lad ...

, Tunisian consort, 5th First Lady of Tunisia (d.

) * August 4 –

Joaquim Roriz Joaquim Roriz (4 August 1936 – 27 September 2018)2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * August 12 **

Kjell Grede Kjell Birger Grede (12 August 1936 – 15 December 2017) was a Swedish film director.2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

) **

André Kolingba André-Dieudonné Kolingba (12 August 1936 – 7 February 2010) was a Central African politician, who was the fourth President of the Central African Republic (CAR), from 1 September 1981 until 1 October 1993. He took power from President Davi ...

, President of Central African Republic (d.

) *

August 17 Events Pre-1600 *309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle ...

– Margaret Hamilton, American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner * August 18 **

Hifikepunye Pohamba Hifikepunye Lucas Pohamba (born 18 August 1936) is a Namibian politician who served as the second president of Namibia from 21 March 2005 to 21 March 2015. He won the 2004 presidential election overwhelmingly as the candidate of SWAPO, and was ...

, 2nd President of Namibia **

Robert Redford Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award from four nominations, a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, the Cec ...

, American actor and film director *

August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. *1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...

** Wilt Chamberlain, African-American basketball player (d.

) **

Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo y Maura, 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia, GE (21 August 19367 March 2008) was the holder of the Dukedom of Medina Sidonia in Spain. She was nicknamed or ''The Red Duchess'' due to her lifelong left-wing, anti-Fra ...

, (d.

) * August 23 – Rudy Lewis, American rhythm and blues singer (d. 1964) *

August 25 Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to ...

–

Giridharilal Kedia Giridharilal Kedia (25 August 1936 – 19 December 2009) was an Indian well known social entrepreneur. He served the Kala Vikash Kendra, Cuttack for 12 years as the Working President and Trustee. Kedia was also the founder and chairman of Image ...

, Indian former Working President of KVK (d.

) * August 26 – Benedict Anderson, American academic (d.

) * August 27 – Lien Chan,

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the no ...

ese

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, ...

August 28 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. * 489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way ...

– Bert Schneider, Austrian road racer (d.

) * August 29 –

John McCain John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as a United States senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death in 2018. He previously served two te ...

, American politician,

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and power ...

(Republican Party (United States), R-Arizona, Az.) (d.

) *August 31 – Fabrizia Ramondino, Italian author (d.

)

September

* September 1 – Valery Legasov, Soviet inorganic chemist (d. 1988) * September 2 – Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer and author (d.

) * September 3 – Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 2nd President of Tunisia (d.

) *

** Kamuta Latasi, 4th Prime Minister of Tuvalu ** Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Japanese sport shooter (d.

) * September 7 ** Bruce Gray, Puerto Rican/Canadian actor (d.

) ** Buddy Holly, American rock-and-roll singer, songwriter, and musician (d. 1959) ** Jorge Porcel, Argentine-American actor (d.

) * September 14 – Walter Koenig, American actor (''Star Trek: The Original Series'') * September 15 – Ashley Cooper (tennis), Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player (d. 2020) * September 19 – Al Oerter, American Olympic athlete (d. 2007) * September 21 – Yury Luzhkov, mayor of Moscow (d.

) * September 23 – Valentín Paniagua, President of Perú (d.

) * September 24 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (''The Muppets'') (d.

) * September 25 – Moussa Traoré, President of Mali (d. 2020) * September 26 – Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, South African anti-apartheid activist (d.

) * September 27 – Joselo, Venezuelan actor, comedian (d.

) *

– Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (d.

) * September 29 – Silvio Berlusconi, 50th Prime Minister of Italy, media entrepreneur

October

* October 1 – Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958) * October 3 – Steve Reich, American composer * October 5 – Václav Havel, Czech playwright, writer and politician, 10th President of Czechoslovakia and 1st President of the Czech Republic (d.

) * October 6 – Lin Yu-lin, Taiwanese billionaire real estate developer (d.

) * October 7 – Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian entertainer (d.

) * October 8 – Rogelio Guerra, Mexican actor (d.

) * October 9 – Brian Blessed, English actor * October 10 – Gerhard Ertl, German physicist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel laureate * October 13 – Christine Nöstlinger, Austrian writer (d.

) * October 18 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban cardinal (d.

) * October 19 – James Bevel, Civil Rights Movement strategist Rev

* October 22 – Bobby Seale, American political activist * October 24 – Bill Wyman, British musician *

– Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress and voice actress * October 26 ** Etelka Kenéz Heka, Hungarian writer, poet, singer ** Shelley Morrison, American actress (d.

) * October 28 – Charlie Daniels, American country singer, and songwriter (d. 2020) * October 30 – Polina Astakhova, Soviet artistic gymnast (d. 2005) * October 31 – Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer and writer (d.

)

November

* November 3 – Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player * November 4 – Didier Ratsiraka, 3rd President of Madagascar (d.

) * November 5 ** Ivan Stambolić, Serbian politician (d. 2000) ** Uwe Seeler, German football player and manager (d. 2022) * November 8 – Virna Lisi, Italian actress (d.

) *

** Mary Travers, American singer-songwriter (d.

) ** Stephanie Rothman, American film director * November 11 – Susan Kohner, American actress * November 17 ** Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d. 1988) ** Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005) * November 19 – Dick Cavett, American talk show host, television personality *

– Don DeLillo, American author * November 22 – John Bird (actor), John Bird, British satirist, actor and comedian * November 23 ** Robert Barnard, English writer (d.

) ** Lazarus Salii, 3rd President of Palau (d. 1988) ** Steve Landesberg, actor and comedian (d.

) * November 30 – Abbie Hoffman, American political and social activist (d.

)

December

*December 4 – América Alonso, Venezuelan actress (d. 2022) *

– James Lee Burke, American author * December 7 – Martha Layne Collins, American businesswoman and politician *December 8 – David Carradine, American actor, director and martial artist (d.

) *December 9 – A. B. Yehoshua, Israeli writer (d. 2022) * December 11 – Hans van den Broek, Dutch politician and diplomat * December 12 **Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (d.

) **Reggie Young, American musician and guitarist (d.

) *December 14 – Robert A. Parker, American physicist, astronomer, and astronaut *December 17 **Pope Francis, Argentine-born Catholic Pontiff **Klaus Kinkel, German politician (d.

) **Tommy Steele, British entertainer *December 20 – Niki Bettendorf, Luxembourgian politician (d.

) *December 21 – Barbara Roberts, American politician *December 22 – Héctor Elizondo, American actor *December 23 **La Lupe, Cuban singer (d.

) **Frederic Forrest, American actor *December 25 **Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy **Ismail Merchant, Indian film director and producer (d. 2005) *December 27 – Alex Miller (writer), Alex Miller, Australian novelist *December 29 **Mary Tyler Moore, American actress, producer and diabetes awareness activist (d.

) **Peep Jänes, Peep Janes, Estonian architect **Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998) *December 31 – Siw Malmkvist, Swedish singer

Deaths

January

* January 1 – Harry B. Smith, American composer (b. 1860) * January 5 – Ramón del Valle-Inclán, Spanish writer (b. 1866) *

– Louise Bryant, American journalist (b. 1885) * January 9 – John Gilbert (actor), John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1897) * January 15 ** Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster, Henry Foster, British Conservative Party politician, former Governor-General of Australia (b. 1866) ** George Landenberger, United States Navy Captain (USN), Captain, 23rd Governor of American Samoa (b. 1879) * January 16 – Albert Fish, American serial killer (executed) (b. 1870) * January 18 – Rudyard Kipling, British writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865) *

– King George V, George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1865) * January 23 – Mills Brothers, John Mills Jr., "Mills Brothers" basso, guitarist (b. 1911) * January 24 **Harry T. Morey, American actor (b. 1873) **Harry Peach, British furniture manufacturer, social campaigner (b. 1874) *

– Richard Loeb, American murderer (b. 1905)

February

– Princess Sophie of Schönburg-Waldenburg, consort of William, Prince of Albania, William of Wied, Prince of Albania (b.1885) *

– Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi Party (b. 1895) * February 8 – Charles Curtis, List of Vice Presidents of the United States, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860) * February 19 – Billy Mitchell, American general, military aviation pioneer (b. 1879) * February 20 ** Max Schreck, German actor (b. 1879) ** Georges Vacher de Lapouge, French anthropologist (b. 1854) * February 23 – William Adamson, British Labour politician (b. 1863) *

– in the " February 26 Incident": ** Takahashi Korekiyo, 11th

(b. 1854) ** Saitō Makoto, Japanese admiral, 19th

(b. 1858) * February 27 ** Ivan Pavlov, Russian psychologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1849) ** Mulugeta Yeggazu, Ethiopian government official, military leader **Fred Haines, American film director and screenwriter * February 28 – Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1866)

March

* March 8 – Jean Patou, French fashion designer (b. 1880) *

– Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Indian monk and yogi (b. 1855) * March 12 ** David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, British admiral (b. 1871) ** David Campbell (British Army officer), Sir David Campbell, British army general and Governor of Malta (b. 1869) *

– Francis Bell (New Zealand politician), Sir Francis Bell, 20th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851) * March 16 ** Dace Akmentiņa, Latvian actress (b. 1858) ** Marguerite Durand, French journalist, feminist leader (b. 1864) * March 18 – Eleftherios Venizelos, Greek statesman, several times Prime Minister (b. 1864) *

– Herman P. Faris, American temperance movement leader (b. 1858) * March 21 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, conductor (b. 1865) * March 23 – Oscar Asche, Australian actor (b. 1871) *

– Archibald Garrod, Sir Archibald Garrod, English physician (b. 1857) * March 29 – Eugène Marais, South African lawyer, naturalist, poet and writer (b. 1871)

April

* April 2 – Alberico Albricci, Italian general (b. 1864) * April 3 – Richard Hauptmann, German killer of Lindbergh kidnapping, Charles Lindbergh Jr. (executed) (b. 1899) * April 6 – Edmund Breese, American actor (b. 1871) * April 7 – Marilyn Miller, American actress (b. 1898) * April 8 – Róbert Bárány, Austrian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1876) *

– Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist, economist and philosopher (b. 1855) * April 18 – Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer, musicologist, and conductor (b. 1879) *

– Teresa de la Parra, Venezuelan writer (b. 1889) * April 25 – Wajed Ali Khan Panni, Bengali aristocrat and philanthropist (b. 1871) * April 26 – Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886) * April 28 – King Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868) * April 30 – A. E. Housman, English poet (b. 1859)

May

– Ivan Alexandrov, Russian engineer (b. 1875) *

– Ludwig von Falkenhausen, German general (b. 1844) * May 5 – Marianne Hainisch, Austrian women's rights activist (b. 1839) * May 8 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (b. 1880) * May 12 - Hu Hanmin, Chinese politician (b. 1879) *

– Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, British soldier, administrator (b. 1861) *

– Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general, senator (b. 1860) * May 17 – Panagis Tsaldaris, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1868) *

– Elmer Fowler Stone, American aviator, first United States Coast Guard aviator (b. 1887) * May 24 – Khaz'al Khan Ibn Haji Jabir Khan, Iranian emir (b. 1863) * May 29 – Norman Chaney, American actor (b. 1914)

June

– Walther Wever (general), Walther Wever, German general, ''Luftwaffe'' commander (b. 1887) * June 11 – Robert E. Howard, American author (suicide) (b. 1906) * June 12 – Karl Kraus (writer), Karl Krays, Austrian writer, journalist (b. 1874) * June 14 – G. K. Chesterton, English author (b. 1874) *

– Henry B. Walthall, American actor (b. 1878) * June 18 – Maxim Gorky, Russian writer (b. 1868) * June 19 – William Hall-Jones, Sir William Hall-Jones, English-New Zealand politician, 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1851) * June 22 ** Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (b. 1866) ** Moritz Schlick, German philosopher, physicist (b. 1882) *

– Alexander Berkman, Russian anarchist (b. 1870)

July

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– Hovhannes Abelian, Armenian actor (b. 1865) *

– Thomas Meighan, American actor (b. 1879) * July 9 – Auguste Adib Pacha, two-time prime minister of Lebanon (b. 1859) * July 11 – James Murray (American actor), James Murray, American actor (b. 1901) * July 13 – José Calvo Sotelo, Spanish politician (b. 1893) * July 16 – Alan Crosland, American film director (b. 1894) * July 20 – José Sanjurjo, Spanish general (b. 1872) * July 23 – Anna Abrikosova, Soviet Roman Catholic religious sister and servant of God (b. 1882) * July 24 ** Georg Michaelis, 6th Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany (b. 1857) ** Arnold Theiler, Sir Arnold Theiler, South African veterinary scientist (b. 1867) * July 25 – Heinrich Rickert, German philosopher (b. 1863)

August

* August 1 – Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (b. 1872) * August 9 – Lincoln Steffens, American journalist (b. 1866) * August 12 ** Blessed Victoria Díez Bustos de Molina, Spanish teacher, religious woman (b. 1903) ** Manuel Goded, Spanish general (executed) (b. 1882) * August 15 – Grazia Deledda, Italian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1871) * August 19 ** Federico García Lorca, Spanish writer (assassinated) (b. 1898) ** Hugh Patrick Lygon, English aristocrat (b. 1904) ** Oscar von Sydow, 18th Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1873) * August 22 – José María Hinojosa Lasarte, José María Hinojosa, Spanish poet (assassinated) (b. 1904) * August 23 – Julio Ruiz de Alda, Spanish aviator, Falangist politician (executed) (b. 1897) *

** Ivan Nikitich Smirnov, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Soviet Communist Party activist (b. 1881) ** Lev Kamenev, Soviet politician (b. 1883) ** Grigory Zinoviev, Soviet politician (b. 1883)

September

* September 6 – Víctor Pradera Larumbe, Spanish political theorist (executed) (b. 1872) * September 7 – Kenneth Balfour, British Conservative Party politician (b. 1863) * September 14 ** Irving Thalberg, American film producer (b. 1899) * September 14 – Raoul Villain, French assassin (b. 1885) * September 16 – Karl Buresch, 9th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1878) * September 17 – Henri Louis Le Chatelier, French chemist (Le Chatelier's principle) (b. 1850) * September 19 – Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, Indian musician (b. 1860) * September 21 ** Amalia Abad Casasempere, Spanish Roman Catholic laywoman, martyr (executed) (b. 1897) ** Antoine Meillet, French linguist (b. 1866) *

– William Sims, American admiral (b. 1858) * September 30 – Friedrich Sixt von Armin, German general (b. 1851)

October

* October 2 – Juho Sunila, 2-time Prime Minister of Finland (b. 1875) * October 3 – John Heisman, American football coach (b. 1869) * October 6 – Gyula Gömbös, 30th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886) * October 8 ** Cheiro, Irish astrologer (b. 1866) ** William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851) * October 12 – Shuja ul-Mulk, Indian ruler (b. 1881) * October 16 – Effie Adelaide Rowlands, British writer (b. 1859) * October 19 – Lu Xun, leading figure of modern Chinese literature (b. 1881) * October 20 – Anne Sullivan, American teacher of Helen Keller (b. 1866) * October 26 – Rodney Heath, Australian tennis player (b. 1884) * October 29 – Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish writer (b. 1875)

November

* November 2 – Martin Lowry, English physical chemist (b. 1874) * November 7 ** Walter L. Finn, American physician and politician (b. 1875) ** Charles "Chic" Sale, American vaudevillian (b. 1885) * November 11 – Edward German, Sir Edward German, English composer (b. 1862) * November 17 ** John Bowers (actor), John Bowers, American actor (b. 1885) ** Alexandros Papanastasiou, 2-time prime minister of Greece (b. 1876) *

** Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchist (b. 1896) ** José Antonio Primo de Rivera, Spanish fascist politician (b. 1903) *

– Andrew Harper, Scottish–Australian biblical scholar, teacher (b. 1844) * November 27 – Edward Bach, British physician, homeopath and bacteriologist (b. 1886)

December

* December 7 – Jean Mermoz, French aviator (b. 1901) * December 9 ** Juan de la Cierva, Spanish civil engineer, aviator, aeronautical engineer and inventor of the autogyro (b. 1895) ** Arvid Lindman, 12th

(b. 1862) ** Lottie Pickford, Canadian actress (b. 1895) * December 10 ** Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857) ** Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867) * December 18 – Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Spanish engineer, mathematician (b. 1852) * December 23 – William Henry Harrison (cricketer), William Henry Harrison, English cricketer (b. 1866) * December 24 – Irene Fenwick, American actress (b. 1887) * December 25 – Carl Stumpf, German philosopher, psychologist (b. 1848) * December 26 – Percival G. Baldwin, American politician and businessman (b. 1880) * December 27 – Mehmet Akif Ersoy, poet, writer, academic, politician, and the author of the İstiklal Marşı, Turkish National Anthem (b. 1873) * December 29 – Lucy, Lady Houston, British philanthropist (b. 1857) * December 31 – Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish writer (b. 1864)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Victor F. Hess, Carl D. Anderson * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Peter Debye, Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Sir Henry Hallett Dale, Otto Loewi * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Eugene Gladstone O'Neill * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Carlos Saavedra Lamas

Note

References

External links

Headling America 1937
reprints the best American newspaper stories of 1935–1936.

– from American Studies Programs at the University of Virginia {{DEFAULTSORT:1936 1936, Leap years in the Gregorian calendar