1936

From Wikipedia

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s - 1930s - 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s

Years: 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 - 1936 - 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

Births

February 11 - Burt Reynolds, American actor.
September 7 - Buddy Holly, US singer
Carl Sagan - US astronomer

Deaths

Robert E. Howard, fantasy author
Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi Party leader. Nice shot.

Events

Summer Olympic Games in Berlin, Germany.
The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits is signed.
Beginning of the Spanish Civil War
Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Victor Franz Hess, Carl David Anderson
Chemistry - Petrus Josephus Wilhelmus Debye
Medicine - [[Sir Henry Hallett Dale, Otto Loewi
Literature - Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
Peace - Carlos Saavedra Lamas

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