Today in History for March 1936

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 22 of 22

1st - The Hoover Dam is completed.
1st - A strike occurs aboard the S.S. California, leading to the demise of the International Seamen's Union and the creation of the National Maritime Union.
2nd - Bradman scores 369 in 253 mins, SA v Tasmania, 46 fours 4 sixes
3rd - Grimmett ends his Test career with 13 wkts in 5th Test v South Africa
4th - 1st flight of airship Hindenburg, Germany
5th - Spitfire makes its 1st flight (Eastleigh Aerodrome in Southampton)
6th - Belgium ends Locarno-pact
7th - Hitler breaks Treaty of Versailles, sends troops to Rhineland
8th - The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida.
9th - Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player
11th - British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin pardons five convicted Irish militants who promise to join growing conflict with Germany.
14th - Federal Register, 1st magazine of the US government, publishes 1st issue
23rd - Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
24th - Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in 16 mins & 30 seconds of 6th period Stanley Cup game lasts 9 periods (176 mins), ends 1-0
25th - 200" mirror blank leaves for California to be ground
25th - Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Maroons in NHL longest game (2h56m30s)
26th - 1st parliamentary debate on NZ radio
26th - 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, NY-Cal Tech
26th - Mary Joyce ends a 1,000 mile trip by dog in Alaska
Baseball Great Babe Ruth 27th - WOS-AM in Jefferson City Missouri goes off the air
29th - 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
29th - Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 69 of 69

1st - Camille E Baly, St Maartens poet (Sonny)
1st - Jean-Edern Hallier, writer
1st - Marion Farouk-Sluglett, political scientist
1st - Monique Bégin, French-Canadian politician
2nd - Henny Boskamp, [Hoelscher], actor (Troeleke)
3rd - Jim Clark, Formula 1 racer (1963 champ)
4th - Aribert Reimann, composer
4th - David Thompson, British food magnate/multi-millionaire
4th - Eric Allandale, rocker (Foundations)
4th - Jim Clark, race car driver (Indianapolis 500)
5th - Dale Douglass, Wewoka OK, PGA golfer (1970 Phoenix Open)
5th - Dean Stockwell, California, actor (Werewolf of Washington, Blue Velvet)
5th - Canaan Banana, first President of Zimbabwe (d. 2003)
6th - A "Bram" Stemerdink, Dutch minister of Defense (PvdA)
6th - Jean Boht, actress (Arthur's Hallowed Ground)
6th - Marion S Barry, (Mayor-D-Wash DC, 1979-90, 95- ), drug indictment
7th - Georges Perec, French writer (Seire Noire, Retour a la bien-aimee)
8th - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle)
8th - Sue Ane Langdon, Paterson NJ, actress (Bachelor Father, Arnie)
9th - Marty Ingels, Bkln NY, comedian (I'm Dickens He's Fenster)
9th - Mickey Gilley, Ferriday La, country singer (Urban Cowboy)
9th - [Aino] Elina Salo, Sipoo Finland, actress (Hamlet Goes Business)
10th - Juda Bar-Norwegian, Israeli/Dutch mime/actor (King)
10th - Sepp Blatter, Swiss ice hockey and football official
10th - Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan Vocals and journalist (d. 1989)
11th - Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986- )
12th - Anthony Loehnis, vice chairman (S G Warburg & Co)
12th - Keith Slater, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1958-59 series)
12th - Lloyd Dobbins, Newport News Va, newscaster (NBC News Overnight)
12th - Patrick Procktor, painter
13th - Clarence Nash, animation voice (Donald Duck)
14th - Bob Charles, Carterton NZ, PGA golfer (1963 Houston Open)
14th - Bob Charles, New Zealand golfer
15th - Donald K Sundquist, (Rep-R-Tennessee, 1983- )
15th - David Andrews, Irish politician
16th - Thelma Hopkins, England, high jumper (Oly-silver-1956)
17th - Ladislaw Kupkovic, composer
17th - Thomas K Mattingly II, Chic, Capt USN/astro (Apollo 16, STS-4, 51C)
17th - Ken Mattingly, American astronaut
17th - Robert Daniel, Richmond, Virginia, republican Congressman for Virginia (1972-1983), (d. 2012)
18th - Hans Peter Bleuel, writer
18th - Robert Lee Smith, US singer (Tams, You Lied to Your Daddy)
18th - Tony Nash, England, bobsled (Olympic-gold-1964)
19th - Amancio D'Silva, musician
19th - Ursula Andress, Berne Switzerland, actress (She, Sensuous Nurse)
19th - Birthe Wilke, Danish singer
20th - Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican Reggae artist
20th - Vaughn Meader, American comedian (d. 2004)
21st - Marek Stachowski, composer
21st - Ed Broadbent, Canadian politician
22nd - Alan Bleasdale, author/playwright (Are You Lonesome Tonight)
22nd - May Britt, Sweden, actress (Young Lions)/wife of Sammy Davis Jr
22nd - Philip Ely, president (British Law Society)
22nd - Roger Whittaker, Nairobi Kenya, country singer (Durham Town)
22nd - Ron Carey, American labor leader (Teamsters)
24th - Fredrick Kaufmamn, composer
24th - David Suzuki, Canadian scientist and environmentalist
25th - Lawrence Bernard "Larry" Gales, bassist
26th - Erich Urbanner, composer
26th - Fred Paris, rocker (Five Satins)
27th - Jerry Lacy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Play it Again Sam)
27th - Malcolm Goldstein, composer
28th - Mario Vargas Llosa, Peru, writer (Aunt Julia)/pres candidate
29th - Richard Rodney Bennett, Broadstairs Kent England, composer, (d. 2012)
29th - Mogens Camre, Danish politician
30th - Mark Burns, British director (Juggernaut)
30th - Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)
31st - Marge Piercy, author (Small Changes, Gone for Soldiers)
31st - Dokumamushi Sandayu, Japanese actor

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 10 of 10

4th - Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer, dies at 64
6th - Josef Stransky, composer, dies at 63
6th - Rubin Goldmark, composer, dies at 63
16th - Marguerite Durand, French journalist and feminist (b. 1864)
18th - Egon Friedell, Austrian journalist (Kleine Portratgalerie), dies at 58
18th - Eleftherios Venizelos, Former Prime minister of Greece
19th - John Larkin IV, actor/writer (Charlie Chan in Panama), dies at 63
20th - Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
21st - Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, composer (Chopiniana), dies at 70
30th - Conchita Supervía, Spanish opera singer (b. 1895)