What Happened In December 1936 In History

Historical Events for December, 1936

• 5th » 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 » Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton becomes the first player to score century (cricket) called centuries in four consecutive Test cricket named Test innings.
• 10th » Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the ':File:Edward abdication.png or Instrument of Abdication'.
• 21st » First flight of the Junkers Ju 88 multi-role combat aircraft.
• 23rd » Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires Convention or Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 30th » The United Auto Workers trade union named union stages its first sitdown strike.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1936

• 4th » Bernie McInerney, American actor
• 4th » Derek Nally, Irish politician
• 5th » James Lee Burke, American author
• 6th » Bill Ashton (jazz musician) called Bill Ashton, English saxophonist and composer
• 6th » Kenneth Copeland, American evangelist and author
• 8th » David Carradine, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2009)
• 8th » Michael Hobson, American publisher
• 9th » Ben Pon, Dutch race car driver
• 10th » Howard Smith (director) or Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 11th » Hans van den Broek, Dutch lawyer and politician, List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands e.g Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 11th » Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician
• 12th » Denise Coffey, English actress and director
• 12th » Jefferson Kaye, American announcer (d. 2012)
• 13th » Aga Khan IV, Swiss-English businessman
• 13th » J. C. Martin, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 16th » Morris Dees, American lawyer and activist, co-founded the Southern Poverty Law Center
• 17th » Pope Francis
• 17th » Tommy Steele, English singer, guitarist, and actor
• 18th » Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (d. 1987)
• 19th » Marian McKnight, American model, Miss America called Miss America 1957
• 22nd » James Burke (science historian) named James Burke, Irish historian and author
• 22nd » Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director
• 22nd » Wojciech Frykowski, Polish actor (d. 1969)
• 23rd » Frederic Forrest, American actor
• 24th » Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
• 25th » Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
• 25th » Ismail Merchant, Indian-English director and producer (d. 2005)
• 26th » Peep Jänes, Estonian architect
• 26th » Trevor Taylor, English race car driver (d. 2010)
• 27th » Eve Uusmees, Estonian swimmer and coach
• 28th » Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 28th » Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (d. 1979)
• 28th » Lawrence Schiller, American journalist, director, and producer
• 29th » Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and singer
• 29th » Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for December 1936

• 2nd » John Ringling, American businessman, co-founded Ringling Brothers Circus (b. 1866)
• 8th » Lucio and Simplicio Godina called Simplicio Godina, Filipino conjoined twin (b. 1908)
• 10th » Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 10th » Luigi Pirandello, Italian author and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 18th » Andrija Mohorovičić, Hungarian-Croatian meteorologist and seismologist (b. 1857)
• 31st » Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher, author, and poet (b. 1864)

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