Popular Front Wins Spanish General Election February 16, 1936
Date: February 16, 1936
Date: February 16, 1936
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…
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 → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1936Jesse Owens Wins Fourth Gold…
Spanish Civil War: The CNT and UGT call a general strike in Spain – mobilizing workers' militias against the Nationalist forces. People's Olympiad of Barcelona cancelled. Date: July 19, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1936United Auto Workers Gain Autonomy from AFL April 27, 1936Unified Socialist Party of…
A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors. 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 1936Spanish Civil War: Catalonia Antifascist Militias…