What happened in 1936

World4

• Apr 15The Tulkarm shooting, followed by Jewish retaliation, begins the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine against British administration, and stokes opposition to Jewish immigration.
• Jun 19The total solar eclipse of June 19, 1936 is visible in Greece, Turkey, Russia and Japan. It is part of Solar Saros 126; Gamma is a value of 0.53889.
• Jun 26Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first fully controllable helicopter, makes its maiden flight.
• Nov 25The Anti-Comintern Pact is signed by Germany and Japan.

Japan1

• Feb 26February 26 Incident (二・二六事件, Niniroku Jiken): The Imperial Way Faction engineers a failed coup against the Japanese government; some politicians are killed.

North America5

• Feb 5Modern Times, widely considered one of the greatest films ever, premieres in New York City.
• Mar 1Construction of Hoover Dam is completed in the United States.
• Nov 2The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) begins radio in Canada.
• Nov 31936 United States presidential election: Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term, in a landslide victory over Kansas Governor Alf Landon; farmers support Roosevelt.
• Nov 12In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.

Europe18

• Jan 20The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King Edward VIII, following the death of his father, George V, at Sandringham House.
• Feb 6The IV Olympic Winter Games open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
• Feb 161936 Spanish general election: The left-wing Popular Front coalition takes a majority.
• Mar 7In violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno Treaties, Nazi Germany reoccupies the Rhineland. Hitler and other Nazis later admit that the French army alone could have destroyed the Wehrmacht.
• May 9Speaking in Rome, Benito Mussolini announces the foundation of the empire, as Italian East Africa is formed from the Italian territories of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland.
• Jul 17The Spanish Army of Africa launches a coup d'état against the Republican Second Spanish Republic, beginning the Spanish Civil War.
• JulAugust 14 – 1936 Summer Olympics: The Varsity Rowing Crew from the University of Washington surprises the world listening on radio when they come from behind to win Olympic Gold.
• Aug 4A 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.
• Aug 26The Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 is signed.
• Sep 5Spanish Civil War: Robert Capa's photograph The Falling Soldier is taken.
• Sep 9The Franco-Syrian Treaty of Independence is signed.
• NovNovember 19 and 20 – Buenaventura Durruti, a major Spanish anarchist, is fatally shot in Madrid, dying the following day.
• Dec 10Edward VIII abdication crisis: King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom signs an instrument of abdication at Fort Belvedere, Surrey in the presence of his three brothers, The Duke of York, The Duke of Gloucester and The Duke of Kent.
• Dec 11Edward 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 to the Act, and his brother Prince Albert, Duke of York, becomes King, reigning as King George VI. The former King, now HRH Prince Edward, makes a broadcast to the nation explaining his decision to abdicate, and leaves the country for Austria.
• Nestlé introduce the white chocolate Milkybar (called Galak in Continental Europe and elsewhere).

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USSR / Russia2

• OctJoseph Stalin's Great Purge begins in the Soviet Union.
• Dec 5The 1936 Soviet Constitution, promulgated by Stalin, is adopted in the Soviet Union. The Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic is dissolved, and Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia become full Republics of the Soviet Union.

Asia1

• Dec 12Xi'an Incident: Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek of the Republic of China is kidnapped by Marshal Zhang Xueliang.

Middle East2

• Jan 8Reza Shah of Iran issues the Kashf-e hijab which bans all Islamic veils such as the hijab, in addition to many types of male traditional clothing
• Jul 20The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits is signed in Montreux, allowing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus, but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime.

Africa1

• Feb 10Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Battle of Amba Aradam – Italian forces gain a decisive tactical victory, effectively neutralizing the army of the Ethiopian Empire.