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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.
• April 15, 1936 – First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
• June 15, 1936 – First flight of the Vickers Wellington bomber.
• August 9, 1936 – Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad – Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
• August 14, 1936 – Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
• August 31, 1936 – Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
• 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.
• November 30, 1936 – In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
• December 11, 1936 – Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII’s abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, becomes effective.

Who Were Born On 1936?

• January 2, 1936 – Roger Miller, American singer-songwriter and actor (d. 1992)
• January 19, 1936 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
• January 29, 1936 – Veturi Sundararama Murthy, Indian poet and songwriter (d. 2010)
• May 7, 1936 – Bobby Joe Green, American football player and coach (d. 1993)
• June 3, 1936 – Larry McMurtry, American author and screenwriter
• June 18, 1936 – Barack Obama, Sr., Kenyan economist (d. 1982)
• October 15, 1936 – Michel Aumont, French actor
• October 29, 1936 – Akiko Kojima, Japanese model, Miss Universe 1959
• November 15, 1936 – H. B. Bailey, American race car driver (d. 2003)
• November 25, 1936 – Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer