15th January » The first building to be completely covered in glass, built for the Owens-Illinois e.g Owens-Illinois Glass Company, is completed in Toledo, Ohio.
20th January » Edward VIII of the United Kingdom called Edward VIII becomes Monarchy of the United Kingdom known as King of the United Kingdom.
29th January » The List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (chronological) known as first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
4th February » Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
10th February » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) or Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian Empire e.g Ethiopian defenders.
16th February » Elections bring the Popular Front (Spain) known as Popular Front to power in Spain.
26th February » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
29th February » Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program 'The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air'.
29th February » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
5th March » First flight of Supermarine Spitfire advanced monoplane fighter aircraft in the United Kingdom.
7th March » Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany Remilitarization of the Rhineland known as reoccupies the Rhineland.
8th March » Daytona Beach Road Course holds its first oval stock car racing called stock car race.
14th March » Show Boat (1936 film) or The first all-sound film version of 'Show Boat' opens at Radio City Music Hall. (There had been a part-talkie, part-silent version of 'Show Boat' in 1929.)
16th March » Warmer-than-normal temperatures rapidly melt snow and ice on the upper Allegheny River Allegheny and Monongahela River Monongahela rivers and lead to Pittsburgh Flood of 1936 a major flood in Pittsburgh.
1st April » Odisha formerly known as Kalinga (India) named Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
3rd April » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Lindbergh kidnapping or Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
5th April » Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An Fujita scale known as F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
6th April » Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
15th April » First day of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine called Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
15th April » Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
18th April » The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
27th April » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
5th May » Italian troops March of the Iron Will named occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
9th May » Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
25th May » The Remington Rand strike of 1936–1937 e.g Remington Rand strike, led by the American Federation of Labor, begins.
26th May » In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation bill named Appropriation Bill. By the time he sits down in the early hours of the following morning, he had spoken for 10 hours.
28th May » Alan Turing submits 'On Computable Numbers' for publication.
28th May » Klaipėda Radio Station begins regular broadcasting.
7th June » The Steel Workers Organizing Committee, a trade union, is founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Philip Murray was elected its first president.
10th June » The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
11th June » The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
15th June » First flight of the Vickers-Armstrongs e.g Vickers Vickers Wellington named Wellington bomber.
26th June » Initial flight of the Focke-Wulf Fw 61, the first practical helicopter.
28th June » The Japanese puppet state of Mengjiang is formed in northern China.
6th July » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading convert 200 ft m into the River Irwell.
11th July » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
17th July » Spanish Civil War: An Spanish coup of July 1936 called Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front (Spain) named Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
18th July » An army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War.
20th July » The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits or Montreux Convention is signed in Montreux named Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacet
23rd July » In Catalonia Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialism Socialist and Communism Communist parties.
26th July » The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
26th July » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he Edward VIII abdication crisis or abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
3rd August » Jesse Owens wins the 100 meter dash, defeating Ralph Metcalfe, at the 1936 Summer Olympics e.g Berlin Olympics.
3rd August » A fire wipes out Kursha-2 in the Meshchera Lowlands, Ryazan Oblast, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic e.g Russia, killing 1,200 and leaving only 20 survivors.
4th August » List of Prime Ministers of Greece Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends Hellenic Parliament parliament and the Constitution of Greece Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.
9th August » Summer Olympic Games: 1936 Summer Olympics known as Games of the XI Olympiad Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games.
14th August » Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public capital punishment in the United States called execution in the United States.
24th August » The Australian Antarctic Territory is created.
31st August » Radio Prague, now the official international broadcasting station of the Czech Republic, goes on the air.
7th September » The last surviving member of the thylacine species, Thylacine .22Benjamin.22 and searches e.g Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.
23rd September » First ascent of Siniolchu by a German team.
1st October » Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
5th October » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
9th October » Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River (U.S.) or Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
26th October » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
27th October » Wallis, The Duchess of Windsor or Mrs Wallis Simpson files for divorce which would eventually allow her to marry King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, thus forcing his Edward VIII abdication crisis known as abdication from the throne.
2nd November » The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
2nd November » Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis powers.
8th November » Spanish Civil War: Francoist Spain e.g Francoist troops fail in their effort to capture Madrid, but begin the 3-year Siege of Madrid afterwards.
12th November » In California, the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge opens to traffic.
20th November » José Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange, is killed by a republican execution squad.
23rd November » Life (magazine) or 'Life' magazine is reborn as a photo magazine and enjoys instant success.
25th November » In Berlin, Nazi Germany known as Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on t
30th November » In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire.
5th December » The Soviet Union adopts a new 1936 Soviet Constitution constitution and the Kirghiz SSR Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic is established as a full Republics of the Soviet Union Union Republic of the Soviet Union USSR.
7th December » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score century (cricket) called centuries in four consecutive Test cricket named Test innings.
10th December » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the ':File:Edward abdication.png or Instrument of Abdication'.
21st December » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
23rd December » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention or Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
30th December » The United Auto Workers trade union named union stages its first sitdown strike.