Today in History for November 1936

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 29 of 29

1st - Benito Mussolini describes alliance between Italy & Germany as an "axis"
1st - Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded
2nd - 1st high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London
2nd - The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
3rd - President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
5th - French writer Andre Gide criticizes Soviet regime
6th - RCA displays TV for press
6th - Terence Rattigans "French Without Tears," premieres in London
7th - Battle of Madrid begins
9th - Albanian government of Frasheri falls
12th - 1st TV Gardening show
12th - Nobel for literature awarded to Eugene O'Neill
12th - Oakland Bay Bridge opens
12th - St Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes & William O DeWitt
14th - Bradman scores 192 for S A v Vic before a MCG crowd of 21000
15th - Nazi-Germany & Japan sign Anti-Komintern pact
16th - German air force begins bombing of Madrid
17th - Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy become overnight success on radio
18th - Germany & Italy recognized Spanish government of Francisco Franco
Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco 18th - Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined
20th - Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera, founder of the Falange is killed by a republican execution squad.
22nd - 19th PGA Championship: Denny Shute at Pinehurst CC Pinehurst NC
23rd - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce
23rd - Life magazine hit newsstands
23rd - The first edition of Life is published.
24th - Noel Coward's "Tonight at 8:30," premieres in NYC
24th - Pacifist/anti fascist writer Carl Von Ossietzky sent to concentration camp, award Nobel Peace Prize
25th - Germany & Japan sign anti-Komintern pact
30th - London's Crystal Palace (built 1851), destroyed by fire

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 49 of 49

1st - Eddie Colman, English footballer (d. 1958)
2nd - Rose Elizabeth Bird, California Supreme Court Justice
2nd - Abdullah the Butcher, wrestler
3rd - Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
4th - Didier Ratsiraka, president of Madagascar
4th - C. K. Williams, American poet
5th - Michael Dertouzos, Greek internet pioneer, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Director of the M.I.T. Laboratory for Computer Science (d. 2001)
6th - David Ward-Steinman, composer
6th - K Schippers, [Gerard Stigter], Dutch author
6th - Mikhail Vladimirovich Sologub, Russian cosmonaut
7th - Barry Newman, Boston Mass, actor (Amy, Deadline, Petrocelli)
7th - Jaap Stobbe, Dutch actor (Dageraad)
8th - Edward George Gibson, Buffalo NY, astronaut (Skylab 4)
8th - Viscount Mountgarret, [Butler], English large landowner
9th - Mary Travers, Louisville Ky, folk singer (Peter Paul & Mary)
9th - Daniel Robert Graham, American politician
9th - Teddy Infuhr, American former child actor (d. 2007)
11th - Susan Kohner, LA CA, actress (Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story)
12th - Mort Shuman, rocker
12th - Robert White, guitarist
12th - Ruth Jessen, LPGA golfer
12th - Mills Lane, American judge and boxing referee
14th - Cornell Gunther, LA California, musician (Coasters-Poison Ivy)
15th - Wolf Biermann, writer
16th - Shirvani Chalayev, composer
16th - John Moore, Australian politician
17th - Leni van Rijn-Vellekoop, Dutch MP (PvdA)
17th - Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet (d. 2005)
18th - Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
18th - Hank Ballard, Detroit, rocker (The Twist (pre Chubby Checker)
19th - Dick Cavett, Kearney Neb, talk show host (Dick Cavett Show)
19th - Emin Aristakesian, composer
19th - Michel Decoust, composer
19th - Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
20th - Don DeLillo, American author
21st - James De Preist, Philadelphia Penn, conductor (Mitropolos 1964)
21st - Victor Chang, Australian physician (d. 1986)
22nd - Hans Zender, composer
22nd - Joachim Bißmeier, German actor
23rd - Robert Barnard, British mystery writer
25th - Matt Clark, Washington DC, actor/director (Return to Oz, Horror Show)
25th - Trisha Brown, American choreographer and dancer
26th - Margaret Boden, philosopher
28th - Gary Hart, (Sen-D-Co, 1975-86)
28th - Celin Romero, Spanish guitarist
29th - Davide Anzagai, composer
29th - Gerti Tetzner, writer
30th - Abbie Hoffman, aka Free, Yippie/activist/author (Steal this Book)
30th - Michael Jinks, child care pioneer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 8 of 8

3rd - Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42
6th - Henry Bourne Joy, American automobile executive (b. 1864)
10th - Louis Gustave Binger, French officer and explorer (b. 1856)
11th - Edward German, composer, dies at 74
17th - Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian contralto (b. 1861)
19th - Buenaventura Durruti, Spanish anarchists army leader, dies in battle
20th - Jose A Primo de Rivera y Saenz de Heredia, Spanish Falange, executed
22nd - Louis F H Apol, painter/etcher/literary, dies at 86