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What Happened In July 1936 In History

Historical Events for July, 1936

  • 6th » A major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sends millions of gallons of water cascading convert 200 ft m into the River Irwell.
  • 11th » The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
  • 17th » Spanish Civil War: An Spanish coup of July 1936 called Armed Forces rebellion against the recently elected leftist Popular Front (Spain) named Popular Front government of Spain starts the civil war.
  • 18th » An army uprising in Spanish Morocco starts Spanish Civil War.
  • 20th » The Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Turkish Straits or Montreux Convention is signed in Montreux named Switzerland, authorizing Turkey to fortify the Dardanelles and Bosphorus but guaranteeing free passage to ships of all nations in peacet
  • 23rd » In Catalonia Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia is founded through the merger of Socialism Socialist and Communism Communist parties.
  • 26th » The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 26th » King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he Edward VIII abdication crisis or abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1936

  • 1st » Syl Johnson, American singer, guitarist, and producer
  • 2nd » Omar Suleiman, Egyptian politician, 16th Vice President of Egypt (d. 2012)
  • 3rd » Anthony Lester, Baron Lester of Herne Hill, English lawyer and politician
  • 3rd » Baard Owe, Norwegian-Danish actor
  • 4th » Zdzisława Donat, Polish soprano
  • 5th » Shirley Knight, American actress
  • 5th » James Mirrlees, Scottish economist and academic, Nobel Prize in Economics named Nobel Prize laureate
  • 6th » Dave Allen (comedian) or Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (d. 2005)
  • 7th » Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
  • 7th » Christopher Mallaby, English diplomat, British Ambassador to France
  • 7th » Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (d. 1971)
  • 7th » Nikos Xilouris, Greek singer-songwriter (d. 1980)
  • 9th » Floyd Abrams, American lawyer and academic
  • 9th » June Jordan, American poet and educator (d. 2002)
  • 9th » André Pronovost, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 9th » Richard Wilson (Scottish actor) or Richard Wilson, Scottish actor and director
  • 10th » Tunne Kelam, Estonian politician
  • 12th » Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale, Scottish intelligence officer and politician
  • 13th » Albert Ayler, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1970)
  • 14th » Pema Chödrön, American nun and author
  • 14th » Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (d. 1996)
  • 15th » George Voinovich, American lawyer and politician, 65th Governor of Ohio
  • 16th » Yasuo Fukuda, Japanese politician, 91st Prime Minister of Japan
  • 16th » Buddy Merrill, American guitarist
  • 16th » Jerry Norman, American sinologist and linguist (d. 2012)
  • 16th » Mary Parkinson, English journalist
  • 16th » Venkataraman Subramanya, Indian cricketer
  • 18th » Ted Harris (ice hockey) known as Ted Harris, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 19th » Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, English social worker and politician
  • 20th » Alistair MacLeod, Canadian author and academic (d. 2014)
  • 20th » Barbara Mikulski, American social worker and politician
  • 22nd » Harold Rhodes (cricketer) called Harold Rhodes, English cricketer
  • 22nd » Tom Robbins, American author
  • 23rd » Don Drysdale, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 1993)
  • 23rd » Anthony Kennedy, American lawyer and jurist
  • 24th » Ruth Buzzi, American actress
  • 24th » Mark Goddard, American actor
  • 24th » Dan Inosanto, American martial artist and actor
  • 24th » Albert Marrin, American historian and author
  • 25th » Gerry Ashmore, English race car driver
  • 25th » Glenn Murcutt, English-Australian architect
  • 25th » August Schellenberg, Canadian-American actor (d. 2013)
  • 26th » Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
  • 26th » Lawrie McMenemy, English footballer and manager
  • 26th » Mary Millar, English actress and singer (d. 1998)
  • 26th » Keith Peters (physician) e.g Keith Peters, Welsh physician and academic
  • 27th » J. Robert Hooper, American politician (d. 2008)
  • 28th » Russ Jackson, Canadian football player and coach
  • 28th » Garfield Sobers, Barbadian cricketer
  • 29th » Elizabeth Dole, American politician, 20th United States Secretary of Labor
  • 30th » Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 30th » Infanta Pilar, Duchess of Badajoz
  • 30th » Ralph Taeger, American actor
  • 31st » Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player

Famous Deaths for July 1936

  • 11th » James Murray (American actor) e.g James Murray, American actor (b. 1901)
  • 14th » Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Indian-American author and scholar (b. 1890)

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