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)
In California, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic. Date: November 12, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
American fashion designer Ruth Harkness seeks and captures a nine-week-old panda cub in Sichuan; named Su Lin, he becomes the first live giant panda to enter the United States. Date: November 9, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day…
Spanish Civil War: Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the three-year Siege of Madrid afterwards. Date: November 8, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: The Madrid Defense Council is formed to coordinate the Defense of Madrid against nationalist forces. Date: November 7, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on November 6 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero reshuffles his war cabinet, persuading the anarcho-syndicalist CNT to join the government. Date: November 4, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 4 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected as President of the United States. Date: November 3, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)
The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day. Date: November 2, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day…
Abdication Crisis: Mrs. Wallis Simpson obtains her divorce, which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his abdication from the throne. Date: October 27, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day…