Jarrow March Begins for London, October 5, 1936

José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad. Date: November 20, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 20 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Nazi Germany Mass Arrests Jehovah’s Witnesses Begin, August 28,…

New York World-Telegram reporter Herbert Ekins won a race against two other New York newspaper journalists to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. He accomplished the feat in 18 ½ days. His opponents were New York Evening Journal reporter Dorothy Kilgallen, who finished in second place, and New York Times reporter Leo Kieran….

Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia dissolves itself, handing control of Catalan defence militias over to the Generalitat. Date: October 1, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Italy Formally…

Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Date: May 5, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Last Thylacine Dies at Hobart Zoo, Tasmania – September 7, 1936Reza Shah Enforces Kashf-e Hijab Decree, Banning Veils in…

Spanish Civil War: The Central Committee of Antifascist Militias of Catalonia is constituted, establishing an anarcho-syndicalist economy in Catalonia. Date: July 21, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Ruth Harkness Captures First Live Giant…

The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio. Date: January 15, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 15 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Portuguese Navy Mutiny Against Salazar,…