What Happened In February 1936 In History

Historical Events for February, 1936

• 4th » Radium becomes the first radioactive element to be made synthetically.
• 10th » Second Italo-Abyssinian War: Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946) or Italian troops launched the Battle of Amba Aradam against Ethiopian Empire e.g Ethiopian defenders.
• 16th » Elections bring the Popular Front (Spain) known as Popular Front to power in Spain.
• 26th » In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
• 29th » Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program 'The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air'.
• 29th » February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1936

• 1st » Azie Taylor Morton, American politician, 36th Treasurer of the United States (d. 2003)
• 2nd » Duane Jones, American actor (d. 1988)
• 3rd » Jim Marshall (photographer) named Jim Marshall, American photographer (d. 2010)
• 3rd » Bob Simpson (cricketer) e.g Bob Simpson, Australian cricketer
• 4th » David Brenner, American comedian, actor, and author (d. 2014)
• 4th » Gary Conway, American actor and screenwriter
• 4th » Claude Nobs, Swiss businessman, founded the Montreux Jazz Festival (d. 2013)
• 5th » K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet
• 5th » Norma Thrower, Australian hurdler
• 6th » Donnie Brooks, American singer (d. 2007)
• 6th » Kent Douglas, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2009)
• 6th » J. Howard Marshall III, American businessman
• 8th » Larry Verne, American singer (d. 2013)
• 9th » Clive Swift, English actor
• 11th » Burt Reynolds, American actor and director
• 12th » Joe Don Baker, American actor
• 12th » Paul Shenar, American actor (d. 1989)
• 14th » Fanne Foxe, Argentine-American stripper
• 14th » György Kézdy, Hungarian actor (d. 2013)
• 14th » Andrew Prine, American actor
• 16th » Jill Kinmont Boothe, American skier (d. 2012)
• 16th » Eliahu Inbal, Israeli conductor
• 17th » Jim Brown, American football player and actor
• 18th » Jean M. Auel, American author
• 18th » Dick Duff, Canadian ice hockey player
• 18th » Ab McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 19th » Sam Myers, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 19th » Marin Sorescu, Romanian author (d. 1997)
• 20th » Marj Dusay, American actress
• 20th » Larry Hovis, American actor and singer (d. 2003)
• 20th » Shigeo Nagashima, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 21st » Janet Fookes, Baroness Fookes, English educator and politician
• 21st » Barbara Jordan, American politician (d. 1996)
• 22nd » J. Michael Bishop, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 22nd » Ádám Bodor, Hungarian author
• 22nd » Ernie K-Doe, American singer (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Izaly Zemtsovsky, American-Russian musicologist
• 26th » Adem Demaçi, Albanian politician
• 26th » José Policarpo, Portuguese cardinal (d. 2014)
• 27th » Ron Barassi, Australian footballer and coach
• 27th » Roger Mahony, American cardinal
• 29th » Jack R. Lousma, American astronaut, engineer, and politician
• 29th » Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Alex Rocco, American actor

Famous Deaths for February 1936

• 1st » Georgios Kondylis, Greek general and politician, 128th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1878)
• 4th » Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss politician (b. 1895)
• 8th » Charles Curtis, American politician, 31st Vice President of the United States (b. 1860)
• 19th » Charles Harding Firth, English historian (b. 1857)
• 19th » Billy Mitchell, American general (b. 1879)
• 27th » Joshua W. Alexander, American politician (b. 1852)
• 27th » Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1849)
• 28th » Kamala Nehru, Indian wife of Jawaharlal Nehru (b. 1899)
• 28th » Charles Nicolle, French biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)

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