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List of events
Events from the year
1936 in the United States
.
Incumbents
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Federal government
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- Joseph W. Byrns, Sr.
(
D
-
Tennessee
) (until June 4)
- William B. Bankhead
(
D
-
Alabama
) (starting June 4)
Events
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January?March
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March 1:
Hoover Dam
completed.
- January 4 –
Billboard
magazine publishes its first music
hit parade
.
- January 15 – The first American building to be completely covered in
glass
is completed in
Toledo, Ohio
, for the
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
.
- February 17 – The first
superhero
to wear a skin-tight costume and mask,
The Phantom
, makes his appearance in U.S. newspapers.
- March –
German American Bund
formed in
Buffalo, New York
, in support of
Nazi Germany
to succeed the
Friends of New Germany
, with German-born American citizen
Fritz Julius Kuhn
elected as its first leader.
- March 1 – Construction of
Hoover Dam
is completed.
- March 5 – The
8th Academy Awards
, hosted by
Frank Capra
, are presented at
Biltmore Hotel
in
Los Angeles
, with
Frank Lloyd
's
Mutiny on the Bounty
winning the
Academy Award for Outstanding Production
. The film receives the most nominations with eight, while
John Ford
's
The Informer
wins the most awards with four, including
Best Director
for Ford.
- March 17?18 –
Pittsburgh Flood of 1936
("St. Patrick's Day Flood"):
Pittsburgh
,
Pennsylvania
, suffers the worst flooding in its history.
- March 26 – The longest game in the history of the
National Hockey League
is played. The
Montreal Maroons
and
Detroit Red Wings
are scoreless until 16½ minutes into the sixth overtime when Mud Bruneteau ends it at 2:25 am.
April?June
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March: "Migrant Mother", an iconic photo taken by
Dorothea Lange
July?September
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October?December
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- October 6 – The
New York Yankees
defeat the
New York Giants (baseball)
, 4 games to 2, to win their 5th World Series Title.
- October 11 –
Earl Bascom
,
rodeo
cowboy and artist, designs and builds
Mississippi
's first permanent rodeo arena at
Columbia, Mississippi
.
- 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
of the
New York Journal
and Leo Kieran of
The New York Times
. The flight takes 18½ days.
- October 29 – The historic
Uptown Theater
opens in Washington, D.C.
- November 3 –
U.S. presidential election, 1936
: Democrat
Franklin D. Roosevelt
is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over
Republican
Governor of
Kansas
Alf Landon
.
- November 12 – In
California
, the
San Francisco?Oakland Bay Bridge
opens to traffic.
- November 23 –
Life
magazine begins publication as a weekly news magazine under the management of
Henry Luce
.
- November 25 – The
Abraham Lincoln Brigade
sails from
New York City
on its way to the
Spanish Civil War
.
- December 3 – Radio station
WQXR
is officially founded in
New York City
.
- December 29 – The
United Auto Workers
begins the
Flint Sit-Down Strike
in
Flint, Michigan
.
Undated
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Ongoing
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Births
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January
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Roger Miller
Alan Alda
February
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Burt Reynolds
Jim Brown
- February 1
?
Azie Taylor Morton
, 35th
Treasurer of the United States
(d.
2003
)
- February 3
- February 4
- February 6
?
J. Howard Marshall III
, American businessman
- February 8
?
Larry Verne
, American singer, songwriter (d.
2013
)
- February 11
?
Burt Reynolds
, American actor, director and producer (d.
2018
)
- February 14
?
Andrew Prine
, American actor (d.
2022
)
- February 16
?
Carl Icahn
, American businessman, investor and philanthropist
- February 17
?
Jim Brown
, African American football player and actor (d.
2023
)
- February 19
?
Sam Myers
, American musician, songwriter (d.
2006
)
- February 20
?
Larry Hovis
, American actor (d.
2003
)
- February 21
?
Barbara Jordan
, African-American lawyer, politician and Civil Rights campaigner (d.
1996
)
- February 22
- February 27
?
Roger Mahony
, American cardinal
- February 29
?
Alex Rocco
, American actor (d.
2015
)
March
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Marion Barry
Antonin Scalia
- March 3
?
Peter G. Davis
, American opera and classical music critic (d.
2021
)
- March 5
?
Dean Stockwell
, American actor (d.
2021
)
- March 6
?
Marion Barry
, African-American politician and civil rights activist (d.
2014
)
- March 7
?
Loren Acton
, American astronaut
- March 8
- March 9
- March 11
?
Antonin Scalia
, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1986 to 2016 (d.
2016
)
- March 12
?
William Foege
, American physician, epidemiologist
- March 15
- March 16
?
Raymond Damadian
, Armenian-American
MRI
practitioner (d,
2022
)
- March 17
- March 22
?
Edith Grossman
, American translator (d.
2023
)
- March 24
?
Don Covay
, American singer, songwriter (d.
2015
)
- March 26
?
Harry Kalas
, American sportscaster (d.
2009
)
- March 28
–
Bill Gaither
, American singer and songwriter
- March 31
April
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Charles Napier
Glen Campbell
Roy Orbison
- April 3
- April 9
- April 10
- April 12
?
Charles Napier
, American actor (d.
2011
)
- April 14
- April 18
- April 19
- April 20
?
Pat Roberts
, American politician
- April 21
- Bob Cleary
, American ice hockey player (d.
2015
)
- James Dobson
, American child psychologist, conservative evangelical political activist
- April 22
?
Glen Campbell
, American musician and actor (d.
2017
)
- April 23
?
Roy Orbison
, American singer, songwriter (d.
1988
)
- April 24
- April 26
?
Doug Sax
, American mastering engineer (d.
2015
)
- April 28
?
Charles Hill
, American diplomat and academic (d.
2021
)
- April 29
?
Lane Smith
, American actor (d.
2005
)
- April 30
Bobby Darin
Dennis Hopper
Louis Gossett Jr.
- May 1
?
Jerry Mander
, American author and activist (d.
2023
)
- May 2
- May 4
?
Eleanor Coppola
, American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer (d.
2024
)
- May 7
?
Jimmy Ruffin
, African-American singer (d.
2014
)
- May 8
?
Clyde Bellecourt
, Native American rights organiser (d.
2022
)
- May 9
- May 11
?
Carla Bley
, American jazz musician (d.
2023
)
- May 12
- May 14
- May 15
- May 16
?
Philippe de Montebello
, American museum director
- May 17
?
Dennis Hopper
, American actor and director (d.
2010
)
- May 22
- May 23
?
Charles Kimbrough
, American actor (d.
2023
)
- May 24
?
Harold Budd
, American avant-garde composer and poet (d.
2020
)
- May 25
?
Tom T. Hall
, American country singer-songwriter (d.
2021
)
- May 27
?
Louis Gossett Jr.
, African-American actor (d.
2024
)
- May 29
?
Arlene McQuade
, American actress (d.
2014
)
June
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Bruce Dern
Kris Kristofferson
- June 3
?
Larry McMurtry
, American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter (d.
2021
)
- June 4
?
Bruce Dern
, American screen actor
- June 6
- June 8
- June 11
?
Jud Strunk
, American singer and comedian (d.
1981
)
- June 12
?
Marcus Belgrave
, American jazz trumpeter (d.
2015
)
- June 14
?
Renaldo Benson
, American R&B singer-songwriter (d.
2005
)
- June 15
?
William Levada
, American cardinal (d.
2019
)
- June 19
?
Shirley Goodman
, American R&B singer (d.
2005
)
- June 20
?
Billy Guy
, American singer (d.
2002
)
- June 22
?
Kris Kristofferson
, American actor and singer-songwriter
- June 24
?
Robert Downey Sr.
, American film actor and director (d.
2021
)
- June 26
?
Hal Greer
, African-American professional basketball player (d.
2018
)
- June 27
?
Lucille Clifton
, American poet, writer and educator (d.
2010
)
- June 28
- June 29
?
Harmon Killebrew
, American baseball player (d.
2011
)
- June 30
?
Nancy Dussault
, American actress and singer
July
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Shirley Knight
Larry Cohen
Elizabeth Dole
Buddy Guy
- July 1
- July 4
?
Dick Hyde
, American trombonist (d.
2019
)
- July 5
?
Shirley Knight
, American actress (d.
2020
)
- July 7
?
Joseph Renzulli
, American educational psychologist
- July 9
- July 10
- July 11
?
Joe Bussard
, American record collector (d.
2022
)
- July 12
?
Frank Ryan
, American football player and mathematician (d.
2024
)
- July 13
?
Albert Ayler
, African-American saxophonist, singer and composer (d.
1970
)
- July 14
- July 15
- July 16
?
Buddy Merrill
, American musician
- July 18
?
Jerry Richardson
, American businessman and football club owner (d.
2023
)
- July 19
?
Connie Kurtz
, American LGBT rights activist (d.
2018
)
- July 20
- July 23
- July 24
- July 27
?
J. Robert Hooper
, American politician (d.
2008
)
- July 29
?
Elizabeth Dole
, American politician
- July 30
?
Buddy Guy
, African-American blues singer and guitarist
August
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Robert Redford
Wilt Chamberlain
John McCain
- August 1
?
Bradford Bishop
, American fugitive
- August 7
?
Richard L. Tierney
, American poet, novelist (d.
2022
)
- August 8
- August 11
?
Bill Monbouquette
, American baseball player (d.
2015
)
- August 12
?
John Poindexter
, American Naval officer, US Chief of Staff
- August 16
?
Anita Gillette
, American actress
- August 17
- August 18
?
Robert Redford
, American actor, film director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist
- August 20
?
Sam Melville
, American actor (d.
1989
)
- August 21
?
Wilt Chamberlain
, African-American basketball player (d.
1999
)
- August 22
- August 23
- August 24
- August 26
?
Benedict Anderson
, American academic (d.
2015
)
- August 27
?
Joel Kovel
, American scholar and author (d.
2018
)
- August 28
?
Don Denkinger
, American professional baseball player
- August 29
?
John McCain
, American politician,
U.S. Senator
(
R
-
Az.
) (d.
2018
)
- August 31
?
Richard J. Ferris
, American business executive (d.
2022
)
September
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Buddy Holly
Jim Henson
- September 3
?
John Olver
, American politician
- September 5
- September 7
?
Buddy Holly
, American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of
rock and roll
(d.
1959
)
- September 11
?
Charles Dierkop
, American actor (d.
2024
)
- September 14
- September 17
?
Gerald Guralnik
, American physicist (d.
2014
)
- September 19
?
Al Oerter
, American Olympic athlete (d.
2007
)
- September 21
?
Dickey Lee
, American singer and songwriter
- September 22
?
Art Metrano
, American actor and comedian (d.
2021
)
- September 24
?
Jim Henson
, American puppeteer, filmmaker, and television producer (
The Muppets
) (d.
1990
)
- September 25
?
Ken Forsse
, American inventor, producer and creator of
Teddy Ruxpin
(d.
2014
)
- September 27
?
Don Cornelius
, African-American television personality and host of
Soul Train
(d.
2012
)
[6]
- September 30
?
Jim Sasser
, American politician
October
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Charlie Daniels
Michael Landon
- October 1
?
Edward Villella
, American danseur and choreographer
- October 3
?
Steve Reich
, American composer
- October 7
?
Frank Otto
, American educator (d.
2017
)
- October 8
?
Joe M. Haynes
, American politician (d.
2018
)
- October 11
- October 13
?
Cliff Gorman
, American actor (d.
2002
)
- October 14
?
Carrie Nye
, American actress (d.
2006
)
- October 17
?
Dave Hobson
, American politician
- October 19
- October 20
?
Joanna Simon
, American mezzo-soprano and journalist (d.
2022
)
- October 22
?
Bobby Seale
, African-American political activist
- October 24
?
David Nelson
, American actor, director, and producer (d.
2011
)
- October 26
?
Shelley Morrison
, American actress (d.
2019
)
- October 28
?
Charlie Daniels
, American country musician and singer-songwriter (d.
2020
)
- October 30
?
Merri Dee
, American television journalist and philanthropist (d.
2022
)
- October 31
?
Michael Landon
, American actor, director, producer and writer (d.
1991
)
November
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Dick Cavett
- November 2
?
Rose Bird
, American judge (d.
1999
)
- November 3
?
Clifford Curry
, American singer (d.
2016
)
- November 4
?
C. K. Williams
, American poet (d.
2015
)
- November 5
?
Billy Sherrill
, American record producer, arranger and songwriter (d.
2015
)
- November 9
- November 11
?
Susan Kohner
, American actress
- November 14
- November 19
?
Dick Cavett
, American talk show host, television personality
- November 20
?
Don DeLillo
, American author
- November 23
?
Steve Landesberg
, American actor, director (d.
2010
)
- November 24
?
Frank Caprio
, American judge
- November 27
?
Glynn Lunney
, American aerospace engineer (d.
2021
)
- November 28
?
Gary Hart
, American politician, diplomat, and lawyer
December
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David Carradine
Hector Elizondo
Mary Tyler Moore
- December 1
?
Joel Breman
, American epidemiologist (d.
2024
)
[7]
- December 3
?
Clay Dalrymple
, American baseball player
- December 4
?
Larry Davis
, African-American blues musician (d.
1994
)
- December 5
- December 6
- December 7
?
Martha Layne Collins
, American businesswoman and politician
- December 8
?
David Carradine
, American actor, director and martial artist (d.
2009
)
- December 11
?
Tom Fuccello
, American actor (d.
1993
)
- December 12
- December 13
?
J. C. Martin
, American professional baseball player
- December 14
?
Robert A. Parker
, American physicist and astronomer
- December 15
?
Donald Goines
, American novelist (d.
1974
)
- December 17
?
Rollie Sheldon
, American professional baseball player
- December 20
?
Judy Henske
, American singer-songwriter (d.
2022
)
[9]
- December 21
?
Barbara Roberts
, American politician
- December 22
- December 23
- December 24
?
Dirck Halstead
, American photojournalist (d.
2022
)
[10]
- December 28
?
Lawrence Schiller
, American journalist, film producer, director and screenwriter
- December 29
Deaths
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- January 1 –
Harry B. Smith
, songwriter, librettist and composer (born
1860
)
- January 6 –
Louise Bryant
, journalist (born
1885
)
- January 9 –
John Gilbert
, silent film actor (born
1897
)
- January 15 –
George Landenberger
, U.S. Navy
Captain
and 23rd
Governor of American Samoa
(born
1879
)
- January 16 –
Albert Fish
, serial killer (executed; born
1870
)
- February 3 –
Elia Goode Byington
, newspaper proprietor, editor, and manager (born
1858
)
- February 8 –
Charles Curtis
, 31st
vice president of the United States
from 1929 to 1933 (born 1860)
- February 9 –
John Cutting Berry
, physician and missionary (born
1847
)
- February 19 –
Billy Mitchell
, U.S. general and military aviation pioneer (born 1879)
- March 4 –
Charles F. Watkins
, physician (born
1872
)
- March 6 –
Rubin Goldmark
, pianist, composer and teacher (born
1872
)
- March 11 –
Ferdinand Lee Barnett
, African American journalist, lawyer and civil rights activist (born
1852
)
- March 18 –
W. Herbert Dunton
, Western painter (born
1878
)
- April 3 –
Richard Hauptmann
, carpenter convicted of murder (born
1899 in Germany
; executed)
- April 13 –
Howard Thurston
, stage magician (born
1869
)
- April 22 –
Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel
, pioneer dentist (born
1866
)
[12]
- May 20 –
Elmer Fowler Stone
, first United States Coast Guard aviator (born
1887
)
- May 29 –
Norman Chaney
, actor (born
1914
)
- June 11 –
Robert E. Howard
, pulp fiction and fantasy writer and poet (suicide; born
1906
)
- June 27 –
Mike Bernard
, ragtime musician (born
1881
)
- July 8 –
Thomas Meighan
, actor (b.
1879
)
- July 21 –
Earle Ovington
, aviator, flew first experimental airmail (born
1879
)
- August 8 –
Mourning Dove
, Native American writer (born
1884
)
- September 14 –
Irving Thalberg
, film producer, pneumonia, (born
1899
)
- September 26 –
Harriet Monroe
, literary editor, scholar and critic and patron of the arts (born 1860)
- October 3 –
John Heisman
, American football coach (born 1869)
- October 8
- October 13 –
John H. Hill
, African American lawyer and educator (born 1852)
- October 20 –
Anne Sullivan
, teacher of Helen Keller (born
1866
)
- November 2 –
Nathaniel P. Conrey
, politician and Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of California
(born
1860
)
- November 6 –
Henry Bourne Joy
, business leader (born
1864
)
- November 22 –
Oris Paxton Van Sweringen
, financier (born 1879)
- December 8 – Katherine Metzel Debs, wife of American Socialist
Eugene V. Debs
(born 1867)
- December 11 –
Myron Grimshaw
, baseball player (born
1875
)
- December 24 –
Irene Fenwick
, stage and silent film actress (anorexia; born
1887
)
See also
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References
[
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]
- ^
"Milestones of the U.S. Archival Profession and the National Archives, 1800-2011"
. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. 15 August 2016
. Retrieved
24 August
2016
.
- ^
"New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica"
.
www.britannica.com
. Retrieved
14 March
2023
.
- ^
Former Gonzaga Director of Basketball operations, EWU coach Jerry Krause dies at 87
- ^
Bob Albright, former state House member who represented north Alabama, dead at 87
- ^
"Michael Thomas, Writer and Bete Noire of the Moneyed Class, Dies at 85"
. Archived from
the original
on 2021-08-15
. Retrieved
2021-08-18
.
- ^
McKinley Jr., James C. (February 1, 2012),
"Don Cornelius, ‘Soul Train’ Creator, Is Dead"
,
The New York Times
. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^
In Memoriam: 2020 President Joel Breman
- ^
Former IndyCar racer and CART chief steward Wally Dallenbach dies at 87
- ^
Judy Henske, Influential ‘60s Folk Singer-Songwriter, Dies at 85
- ^
US photographer Dirck Halstead dies at 85
- ^
"Mary Tyler Moore obituary"
.
the Guardian
. 25 January 2017
. Retrieved
8 November
2021
.
- ^
Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel
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