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1936 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2048. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1936 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1936

• January 15, 1936 – The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
• January 24, 1936 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Rat in Chinese astrology.
• March 1, 1936 – A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen’s Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
• March 5, 1936 – First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
• April 15, 1936 – Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
• July 26, 1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
• September 23, 1936 – First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
• October 9, 1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
• November 25, 1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures “to safeguard their common interests” in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.

Who Were Born On 1936?

• January 12, 1936 – Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
• January 22, 1936 – Peter Steen, Danish actor and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• January 27, 1936 – Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic; Nobel Prize laureate
• March 4, 1936 – Jim Clark, Scottish race car driver (d. 1968)
• April 22, 1936 – Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
• May 11, 1936 – Carla Bley, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (Jazz Composer’s Orchestra)
• September 14, 1936 – Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• September 17, 1936 – Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (d. 2014)
• October 24, 1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings)
• November 23, 1936 – Mats Traat, Estonian poet and author