Battle of Cable Street: Metropolitan Police Clash with Anti-Fascists, October 4, 1936
Date: October 4, 1936
Date: October 4, 1936
Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain β mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled. Date: July 19, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 19 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, leading to a major flood in Pittsburgh. Date: March 16, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 16 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Jack Fingleton Scores Four…
The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens. Date: June 11, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 11 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Jesse Owens Wins 100m Dash at Berlin Olympics, August 3, 1936Madrid Defense Council Formed to Defend Madrid in Spanish…
The Montreux Convention is signed in Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacetime. Date: July 20, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 20 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events…
The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing. Date: August 30, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 30 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Pittsburgh Flood from Rapid Snowmelt on Allegheny and Monongahela March 16,…
Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead. Date: November 6, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 6 π Events on this day in 1936 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Pittsburgh Flood…