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John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2021) Bobby Smith, American singer, songwriter (d. 2013) April 12 – Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011) April 14. Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer; Frank Serpico, American police officer; April 18. Roger Graef, American-born British theater director and ...
1939 – Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins; 1939 – Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts; 1939 – President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
In it, he says, "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth." July 8 – The Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boat Yankee Clipper inaugurates the world's first heavier-than-air North Atlantic air passenger service between the United States ( Port Washington, New York ) and Britain.
August 3 – 1936 Summer Olympics: African-American athlete Jesse Owens 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 , which will rule Greece until the Axis occupation of Greece in 1941 .
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1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Spanish Civil War (July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939) – Germany and Italy backed the anti-communist Falange forces of Francisco Franco. The Soviet Union and international communist parties (see Abraham Lincoln Brigade) backed the left-wing republican faction in the war. The war ended in April 1939 with ...
The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused more than 5,000 deaths. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the 2012 North American heat wave.
1936 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1936 events in the United States by month (10 C) 1936 disestablishments in the United States (27 C, 14 P)