Today in History for August 1936

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

1st - Adolph Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
1st - Benjamin E Mays named president of Morehouse College
4th - Ioannis Metaxas names himself dictator of Greece
5th - At Berlin Olympics, Jesse Owens wins his 3rd Olympic medal
6th - 1st time in 20th century, 1st 2 batters in a game-Roy Johnson & Rabbit Warstler of Boston Bees-lead off with HRs
9th - Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal at Berlin Olympics
10th - 114°F (46°C) at Plain Dealing, Louisiana (state record)
10th - 120°F (49°C) at Ozark, Arkansas (state record)
11th - Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
12th - 120°F (49°C), Seymour, Texas (state record)
12th - Demo baseball game at 1936 Olympics in Berlin, world beats US, 6-5
12th - Diver Marjorie Gestring is youngest Olympic gold medalist (13y 268d)
14th - 1st Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
14th - Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
16th - 11th Olympic games closes in Berlin
18th - 106.5°F-Hottest afternoon ever in Iowa
19th - Trial against Ljev Kamenev & Grigori Zinovjev because of "Trotskyism" opens in Moscow
21st - Red Sox Wes Ferrell, walks off mound when he feels he did no get good feilding, Sox suspend him
23rd - 17 year old Bob Feller's 1st game, he strikes out 15 St Louis Browns
Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolph Hitler 24th - Australian Antarctic Territory created
24th - FDR gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists & communists
25th - 3 Braves hit twice in an inning getting 2 hits each

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 47 of 47

1st - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
1st - Yves Saint-Laurent, Oran Algeria, fashion designer (Opium, Obsession)
2nd - Anthony Edward Payne, composer
2nd - Christopher Hogg, CEO (Courtaulds & Reuters)
3rd - Edward Petherbridge, English actor
4th - Elsberry Hobbs, rocker (Drifters)
4th - Assia Djebar, Algerian writer and filmmaker
5th - John Dancy, Jackson Tx, newscaster (Prime Time Sunday)
7th - Charles Pope, US soul singer (Tams-Hey Girl Don't Bother Me)
7th - Rahsaan Kirk, Roland rocker
7th - Richard L[ouis] Tierney, US, sci-fi author (Winds of Zarr)
8th - Don Bowden, US, 1st American to run a sub 4 min mile
8th - Frank Howard, baseball player (NL Rookie of the Year 1960)
8th - Keith Barron, Mexborough England, actor (At Earth's Core, Baby Love)
9th - Julián Javier, American baseball player
10th - Leendert-John Schalm, Dutch banker on Curacao
11th - D V Day, Principal (St John's College, Durham U)
11th - J L Thompson, Bishop (Bath & Wells)
12th - Geoff Hamilton, gardner/journalist
12th - Gerard Masson, composer
12th - Hans Haacke, Cologne Germany, artist (Right to Life, Dripper Boxes)
12th - John Poindexter, US Chief of Staff
14th - Trevor Bannister, British actor
16th - Anita Gillette, Balt Md, actress (Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck)
16th - Gary Clarke, LA California, actor (Hondo, Virginian, Michael Shayne)
17th - Ivan Parik, composer
17th - Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Native American musician-actor (d. 2007)
Actor Robert Redford (18th) 18th - Robert Redford, Santa Monica California, American actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby)
20th - Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina
20th - Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
21st - Mart Crowley, playwright (Boys in the Band)
21st - Wilt Chamberlain, NBA great center (LA Laker, 5 time MVP)
21st - Radish Tordia, painter of Figurative Art from Georgia
22nd - Anne Downey, British circuit judge
22nd - Lex P Humphries, drummer
23rd - Rudy Lewis, rocker (Drifters)
23rd - Henry Lee Lucas, American serial killer (d. 2001)
24th - William J Coyne, (Rep-D-Pennsylvania, 1981- )
24th - A. S. Byatt, English novelist
24th - Kenny Guinn, American Governor, Nevada
26th - Yvette Vickers, KC, playmate (Jul 1959)/actress (Attack of 50' Woman)
27th - Joel Kovel, American politician
28th - Harry McLevy, trade Unionist
28th - Don Denkinger, American baseball umpire
29th - John McCain, (Rep-R-Arizona, 1983-86)
30th - Fabrizia Ramondino, writer
31st - Marva Nettles Collins, educator (west side preparatory school)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 9 of 9

4th - Henry Schoenfeld, composer, dies at 78
11th - Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
14th - Rainey Bethea, hanged, last US public execution
15th - Grazia Deledda, Sardina/Italian author (Nobel 1926), dies at 64
15th - Stanislaw Niewiadomski, composer, dies at 76
17th - Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36
19th - Federico Garcia Lorca, Spanish poet/composer, murdered at 37 or 38
22nd - Juliette Adam-Lamber, French author (Salon/Nouvelle Revue), dies at 99
25th - Grogorij J Zinovjev, Russian revolutionary, dies