What Happened In April 1936 In History

Historical Events for April, 1936

• 1st » Odisha formerly known as Kalinga (India) named Kalinga or Utkal becomes a state in India.
• 3rd » Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Lindbergh kidnapping or Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the baby son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.
• 5th » Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An Fujita scale known as F5 tornado kills 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
• 6th » Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: Another tornado from the same storm system as the Tupelo tornado hits Gainesville, Georgia, killing 203.
• 15th » First day of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine called Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
• 15th » Aer Lingus (Aer Loingeas) is founded by the Irish government as the national airline of the Republic of Ireland.
• 18th » The first Champions Day is celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
• 27th » The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1936

• 1st » Peter Collinson (film director) named Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
• 1st » Jean-Pascal Delamuraz, Swiss politician (d. 1998)
• 1st » Tarun Gogoi, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Assam
• 1st » Abdul Qadeer Khan, Indian-Pakistani physicist, chemist, and engineer
• 1st » Don Steele, American radio host (d. 1997)
• 2nd » Shaul Ladany, Serbian-Israeli race walker
• 3rd » Scott LaFaro, American bassist (d. 1961)
• 3rd » Jimmy McGriff, American organist (d. 2008)
• 3rd » Harold Vick, American saxophonist and flute player (d. 1987)
• 5th » John Kelly (Sinn Féin politician) or John Kelly, Irish politician (d. 2007)
• 6th » Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli painter and illustrator
• 6th » Jean-Pierre Changeux, French biologist
• 9th » Jerzy Maksymiuk, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor
• 9th » Valerie Solanas, American author (d. 1988)
• 10th » John Howell (athlete) named John Howell, British long jumper
• 10th » Milt Kogan, American actor
• 10th » John Madden, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 10th » Bobby Smith (rhythm and blues singer) known as Bobbie Smith, American singer (The Spinners (U.S. band) called The Spinners) (d. 2013)
• 11th » Brian Noble (bishop) known as Brian Noble, English bishop
• 12th » Charles Napier (actor) e.g Charles Napier, American actor (d. 2011)
• 13th » Pierre Rosenberg, French historian
• 14th » Arlene Martel, American actress and singer (d. 2014)
• 14th » Bobby Nichols, American golfer
• 14th » Frank Serpico, American police officer
• 15th » Raymond Poulidor, French cyclist
• 16th » Šaban Bajramović, Serbian singer-songwriter (d. 2008)
• 16th » Tom Lodge, English radio host (d. 2012)
• 18th » Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, director, and producer
• 18th » Vladimir Hütt, Estonian physicist and philosopher (d. 1997)
• 18th » Tommy Ivo, American actor and race car driver
• 19th » Wilfried Martens, Belgian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 2013)
• 19th » Jack Pardee, American football player and coach (d. 2013)
• 20th » Pauli Ellefsen, Faroese politician, 6th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 2012)
• 20th » Pat Roberts, American politician
• 20th » Christopher Robinson (musician) named Christopher Robinson, English organist and conductor
• 21st » James Dobson, American evangelist, psychologist, and author, founded Focus on the Family
• 21st » Reg Fleming, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 21st » Avo Paistik, Estonian pastor, author, illustrator, and painter (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 22nd » Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (d. 1998)
• 23rd » Roy Orbison, American singer-songwriter (Traveling Wilburys) (d. 1988)
• 24th » David Crombie, Canadian educator and politician, 56th Mayor of Toronto
• 24th » Glen Hobbie, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 24th » Jill Ireland, English-American actress and author (d. 1990)
• 25th » Henck Arron, Surinamese politician, 1st List of Prime Ministers of Suriname known as Prime Ministers of the Republic of Suriname (d. 2000)
• 27th » Geoffrey Shovelton, English singer and illustrator
• 29th » Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor
• 29th » Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus
• 29th » Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist
• 29th » Lane Smith, American actor (d. 2005)
• 29th » April Stevens, American singer (Nino Tempo & April Stevens)

Famous Deaths for April 1936

• 2nd » Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne, French general (b. 1860)
• 3rd » Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (b. 1899)
• 5th » Chandler Egan, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 8th » Robert Bárány, Austrian physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1876)
• 9th » Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1855)
• 13th » Konstantinos Demertzis, Greek politician 129th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1876)
• 17th » Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1873)
• 18th » Milton Brown, American singer (Light Crust Doughboys) (b. 1903)
• 18th » Ottorino Respighi, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1879)
• 23rd » Teresa de la Parra, French-Venezuelan author (b. 1889)
• 26th » Tammany Young, American actor (b. 1886)
• 27th » Karl Pearson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1857)
• 28th » Fuad I of Egypt (b. 1868)
• 30th » A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (b. 1859)

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