What Happened In October 1936 In History

Historical Events for October, 1936

• 1st » Francisco Franco is named head of the Nationalist government of Spain.
• 5th » The Jarrow March sets off for London.
• 9th » 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 » The first electric generator at Hoover Dam goes into full operation.
• 27th » 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.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1936

• 1st » Duncan Edwards, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1st » Stella Stevens, American actress, singer, and director
• 2nd » Dick Barnett, American basketball player and educator
• 2nd » Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., Filipino lawyer and politician, 20th Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
• 2nd » Connie Dierking, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 2nd » David Gale (actor) or David Gale, English actor (d. 1991)
• 3rd » Steve Reich, American composer
• 4th » Charlie Hurley, Irish footballer and manager
• 4th » Giles Radice, British politician
• 5th » Václav Havel, Czech politician, 1st President of the Czech Republic (d. 2011)
• 6th » Julius L. Chambers, American lawyer, educator, and activist (d. 2013)
• 7th » Charles Dutoit, Swiss conductor
• 7th » Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
• 8th » Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman
• 9th » Brian Blessed, English actor
• 10th » Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Nobel Prize laureate
• 11th » C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
• 11th » Billy Higgins, American drummer (d. 2001)
• 11th » James M. McPherson, American historian and author
• 11th » Tom Zé, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 13th » Chitti Babu (musician) named Chitti Babu, Indian Rudra veena named veena player and composer
• 14th » Hans Kraay, Dutch footballer and manager
• 14th » Jürg Schubiger, Swiss psychotherapist and author (d. 2014)
• 16th » Peter Bowles, English actor and screenwriter
• 16th » Andrei Chikatilo, Ukrainian-Russian serial killer (d. 1994)
• 16th » Akira Machida, Japanese judge, 15th List of Chief Justices of Japan named Chief Justice of Japan
• 17th » Sathima Bea Benjamin, South African singer-songwriter (d. 2013)
• 17th » Hiroo Kanamori, Japanese-American seismologist
• 18th » Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, Cuban archbishop and cardinal
• 19th » James Bevel, American minister and activist (d. 2008)
• 19th » Tony Lo Bianco, American actor and director
• 19th » Sylvia Browne, American psychic and author (d. 2013)
• 22nd » John Blashford-Snell, English soldier and explorer
• 22nd » Jovan Pavlović, Serbian metropolitan (d. 2014)
• 22nd » Bobby Seale, American activist, co-founded the Black Panther Party
• 23rd » Philip Kaufman, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 24th » Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
• 24th » David Nelson (actor) known as David Nelson, American actor, singer, director, and producer (d. 2011)
• 25th » Martin Gilbert, English historian and author
• 25th » Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress
• 26th » Shelley Morrison, American actress
• 27th » Neil Sheehan, American journalist and author
• 28th » Charlie Daniels, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 28th » Carl Davis, American-English conductor and composer
• 29th » Akiko Kojima, Japanese model, Miss Universe 1959
• 30th » Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005)
• 30th » Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach
• 31st » Michael Landon, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)

Famous Deaths for October 1936

• 3rd » John Heisman, American football player and coach (b. 1869)
• 5th » J. Slauerhoff, Dutch poet and author (b. 1898)
• 8th » Premchand, Indian author (b. 1880)
• 8th » Red Ames, American baseball player and manager (b. 1882)
• 8th » William Henry Stark, American businessman (b. 1851)
• 19th » Lu Xun, Chinese author and critic (b. 1881)
• 20th » Anne Sullivan, American educator (b. 1866)
• 29th » Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and theorist (b. 1874)

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