Boulder Dam Begins Generating Electricity for Los Angeles, October 9, 1936

Daytona Beach and Road Course holds its first oval stock car race. Date: March 8, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936London International Surrealist Exhibition Opens June 11, 1936Pittsburgh Flood from Rapid Snowmelt on…

Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort. Date: September 4, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Radio Prague Official International Broadcasting Station Launches – August 31,…

Jesse Owens wins the 100 metre dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the Berlin Olympics. Date: August 3, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Jarrow March Begins for London, October 5, 1936Focke-Wulf Fw 61 First…

Sada Abe is arrested after wandering the streets of Tokyo for days with her dead lover's severed genitals in her handbag. Her story soon becomes one of Japan's most notorious scandals. Date: May 21, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On…

Raoul Villain, who assassinated the French Socialist Jean Jaurès, is himself killed by Spanish Republicans in Ibiza. Date: September 14, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1936Girl Pat Captain Dod Orsborne Convicted of Theft,…